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Hello guys!
This is the error message I get when I try to launch the software.
Mistakenly, I copied an old installation folder on the new installation on this formatted pc... and now I can't get rid of that error message! I also tried to uninstall the software and install an older version, but there was nothing to do. I also tried to change the installation directory, but it didn't do anything. How can I fix it?

This is the exact message I get:

Translated into English:
Unable to launch the specified application. The application configuration is incorrect. A new installation of the application may fix this problem.
But no, it does not solve the problem! Any suggestions? Thanks.

Any suggestions?

Completely delete the Deluge folder in program files and config (back it up first): http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Faq# ... ingsconfig

Thanks for your reply, Cas, but there isn't the Deluge folder in %APPDATA% (C:\Documents and Settings\MyName\AppData). Nor after uninstallation or when the software is still installed.

Did you install the package as described here: http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Faq# ... gonWindows

Thanks again, Cas, for your reply.
I have installed the Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) but, after a while, I obtain the attached error that puts down Deluge.

I am sorry to disturb you again but... how can I fix it?

If you did a search then you find suggestions of installing .NET or IPv6, since I don't run windows I have no idea why you would get that error so you will need to investigate further yourself.

Cas wrote:If you did a search then you find suggestions of installing .NET or IPv6, since I don't run windows I have no idea why you would get that error so you will need to investigate further yourself.

Hello again, Cas!
I asked at the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and this is their reply:

MSDN wrote:You're running your program, and then it suddenly exits with the message This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. What happened?

That message is printed by the C runtime function abort, the same function that also causes your program to terminate with exit code 3.

Your program might call abort explicitly, or it might end up being called implicitly by the runtime library itself.

• The assert macro calls abort when an assertion fails.
• By default, the terminate function calls abort.

That's exactly what the cause of the message is, the programmer called abort(). If you want to stop that error the developer has to stop calling abort().

So, Cas, can you do something at this time with the source code even if Windows it's not your o.s.? Or maybe you think that this error is not depending by the function abort()?

Deluge is written in Python and these are low level function calls so not part of our code. It could be something in gtk or libtorrent but those are out of our scope.

Have you tried with 1.3.7? The only other suggestion is to install from source and see if running from an installed python instance gives the same error.