Monthly Archives: August 2010

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[UPDATE] How to fix System.Data.OracleClient BadImageFormatException error

In my previous post on how to fix System.Data.OracleClient BadImageFormatException error on 64-bit machine, I mentioned a quick way to fix the error by changing the application’s Target CPU to x86 in Visual Studio. It seems that it works on Windows XP x64 OS, but if you use Windows Vista or Windows 7 x64, the fix will not work and you will keep getting the same error. It seems that IIS 7 still runs in […]

Launching Windows Live Mail adds duplicate icon in Windows 7 task bar

In Windows 7, if you pin a program to the taskbar, then when you launch the program, Windows 7 will group your program’s window icon into the taskbar icon and change the taskbar icon’s style so you can tell that an instance of the program is running. However, I recently noticed that Windows Live Mail does not follow this rule. When you launch Windows Live Mail, a new window icon is created in the taskbar, […]

Calling LoadLibraryEx on ISAPI filter "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET \Framework\v4.0.21006 \aspnet_filter.dll” failed error quick fix

Do you have this experience that your application has been running fine on one computer, but suddenly gives you an error as follows when you publish it to another computer? Calling LoadLibraryEx on ISAPI filter “C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.21006\aspnet_filter.dll” failed This error is very common on x64 OS computer with IIS 7 installed. The reason is that the default application pool (or the application pool your application uses) on IIS 7 does not support 32-bit application. The fix […]