Topic: "system cannot execute" problem w/ httpd-2.2.6-win

[seeligc]

Hello.

I've downloaded Apache binaries w/SSL and got everything running beautifully on my laptop - WinXP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2.

However, in trying to reproduce my success in the eventual production environment - MS Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Service Pack 2 - I get "The system cannot execute the specified program." whenever I run httpd.exe from the bin directory.

I will also point out that I get the same message when I run openssl.exe. Other applications seem to run ok on this machine (javac.exe, for example).

I'll point out that I did remember to install the VC Redistribution package as advised.

Thoughts?

Thank you!

C Seelig

[tdonovan]

That's a symptom of not having the VC Redistribution package installed, or having the wrong version installed.

The correct version is Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) which can be downloaded here.

Maybe you only have the older Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86) ( no SP1) package installed on your production machine.

Note that there is no problem with having both versions installed on the same machine, although this does use considerable disk space.

-tom-

[seeligc]

That did it - fantastic!
Thank you, Tom.