https://remkoweijnen.nl/blog/tags/windows-xp-embedded/Recent content in Windows XP Embedded on Remko's BlogHugoen-usWed, 18 Jul 2012 13:43:06 +0000https://remkoweijnen.nl/blog/2012/07/18/could-not-load-file-or-assembly-system-configuration/Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:43:06 +0000https://remkoweijnen.nl/blog/2012/07/18/could-not-load-file-or-assembly-system-configuration/<p>Today I was asked to troubleshoot an executable that didn't work correctly on Windows XP Embedded.</p> <p>On startup it displayed the following message:</p> <div class="codecard"> <div class="codehead"> <span class="codefile"></span> <span class="codetools" data-pagefind-ignore> <span class="codelang">text</span> <button class="codebtn" type="button" data-copy>Copy</button> <a class="codebtn" download=".txt" href="data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,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">Download</a> </span> </div> <div class="codebody"><div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-text" data-lang="text"><span class="line"><span class="cl">Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or ass </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">embly &#39;System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b0 </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">3f5f7f11d50a3a&#39; or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the path spec </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">ified. </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">File name: &#39;System.Configuration, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyTok </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">en=b03f5f7f11d50a3a&#39; ---&gt; System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: The system canno </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">t find the path specified. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070003)</span></span></code></pre></div></div> </div> <p>I verified that System.Configuration.dll was present (in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727).</p>