[error] The data area passed to a system call is too small

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Hi, I have been working on a launcher of minecraft in vb.net and I have noticed that some users are getting this error while running my software:
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See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): The data area passed to a system call is too small
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithShellExecuteEx(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
   at Launcher.Form1.Button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.296 (RTMGDR.030319-2900)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
Launcher
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/Owner/Desktop/Launcher.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
    Assembly Version: 10.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 10.0.30319.1 built by: RTMRel
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1001 built by: RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Core
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.233 built by: RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1002 built by: RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1001 built by: RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Remoting
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.233 built by: RTMGDR
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Can someone tell me what the issue is? That would be great.

Posted 4-Jul-13 5:28am

Ammar_Ahmad

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2 solutions

Solution 1

The first thing you should check is in the documentation for Process.Start:
Win32Exception

An error occurred when opening the associated file.

-or-

The sum of the length of the arguments and the length of the full path to the process exceeds 2080. The error message associated with this exception can be one of the following: "The data area passed to a system call is too small." or "Access is denied."

Posted 4-Jul-13 6:05am

Dave Kreskowiak

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Ammar_Ahmad 4-Jul-13 13:20pm

Well the length of the arguments and the length of the full path does exceed 2080. Is there a way I can make it work?
Here is the code I am using:

<pre lang="vb">Dim appData As String = q + Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + "/.minecraft/" + q
Dim process As New Process
Dim info As New ProcessStartInfo
'info.FileName = "javaw"
info.FileName = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles) + "\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe"
info.CreateNoWindow = True
info.Arguments = "-Xmx512m -Djava.library.path=" + appData + "versions\1.6.1\1.6.1_TagCraftMC -cp " + appData + "libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;" + appData + "libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar;" + appData + "libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar;" + appData + "libraries\argo\argo\2.25_fixed\argo-2.25_fixed.jar;" + appData + "libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar;" + appData + "libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;" + appData + "libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;" + appData + "libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;" + appData + "libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.2\gson-2.2.2.jar;" + appData + "versions\1.6.1\1.6.1.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main --username " + TextBox1.Text + " --session -0 --version 1.6.1 --gameDir" + q + Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + "/.minecraft" + q + " --assetsDir " + appData + "assets"
'-Xms" + MiniRam[MiniRamCMBO.SelectedIndex] + " -Xmx" + MaxRam[MaxiRamCMBO.SelectedIndex] + " "
process.StartInfo = info
process.Start()</pre>

Dave Kreskowiak 4-Jul-13 14:46pm

You'll have to P/Invoke CreateProcess directly instead of using the Process class.

See this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682425(v=vs.85).aspx

and this:
http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/kernel32/CreateProcess.html

Dave Kreskowiak 4-Jul-13 14:42pm

You'll have to P/Invoke CreateProcess directly instead of using the Process class.

See this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682425(v=vs.85).aspx

and this:
http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/kernel32/CreateProcess.html

Dave Kreskowiak 4-Jul-13 14:42pm

You'll have to P/Invoke CreateProcess directly. See this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682425(v=vs.85).aspx

and this:
http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/kernel32/CreateProcess.html

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Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-04T08:43:00

Solution 3

You'll have to P/Invoke CreateProcess directly. See this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682425(v=vs.85).aspx

and this:
http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/kernel32/CreateProcess.html

Posted 4-Jul-13 8:43am

Dave Kreskowiak

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Ammar_Ahmad 4-Jul-13 17:51pm

Alright this is what I got so far. It works fine on my 64 bit machine but I don't really have any 32 bit to test this on.. Will this also work on 32 bit:

Sub StartupLauncher()
Dim q As String
q = Form1.TextBox2.Text
Dim appData As String = q + Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + "/.minecraft/" + q

Dim retValue As Boolean
Dim pInfo As PROCESS_INFORMATION = New PROCESS_INFORMATION()
Dim sInfo As STARTUPINFO = New STARTUPINFO()

retValue = CreateProcess(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86) + "\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe", "-Xmx512m -Djava.library.path=" + appData + "versions\1.6.1\1.6.1_TagCraftMC -cp " + appData + "libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.5\jopt-simple-4.5.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;" + appData + "libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.0\lwjgl-2.9.0.jar;" + appData + "libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.0\lwjgl_util-2.9.0.jar;" + appData + "libraries\argo\argo\2.25_fixed\argo-2.25_fixed.jar;" + appData + "libraries\org\bouncycastle\bcprov-jdk15on\1.47\bcprov-jdk15on-1.47.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\google\guava\guava\14.0\guava-14.0.jar;" + appData + "libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.1\commons-lang3-3.1.jar;" + appData + "libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;" + appData + "libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;" + appData + "libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;" + appData + "libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.2\gson-2.2.2.jar;" + appData + "versions\1.6.1\1.6.1.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main --username " + Form1.TextBox1.Text + " --session -0 --version 1.6.1 --gameDir" + q + Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + "/.minecraft" + q + " --assetsDir " + appData + "assets", IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, False, 0, IntPtr.Zero, Nothing, sInfo, pInfo)

End Sub

I have added this in a separate class file.

Ammar_Ahmad 4-Jul-13 18:49pm

Actually just tested this on my friends computer. He has 32 bit and it works like a charm :D
Thanks!