ClamWin Free Antivirus :: View topic

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:05 am

I get the following message.

Could not start process:
"C:\Program Files\ClamWin\bin\freshclam.exe" --stdout --datadir="C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\.clamwin\db" --config-file="c:\docume~1\gordon\locals~1\temp\tmpvqbyrg" --log="c:\docume~1\gordon\locals~1\temp\tmplfy3t3"
Error: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

How can I fix this?
Gordon

I have reinstalled several times. Same result.

Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:20 am

first time I see this error. Does scanning work?

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:23 am

I have the same problem. Can't scan memory nor drives

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:20 am

alijor wrote:

I have the same problem. Can't scan memory nor drives

please provide more info. Version of Windows, Clamwin. Are you logged on as administrator?

Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:49 pm

I use Microsoft Windows XP professional SP2 and I'm not logged as admin.

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:44 am

when you installed clamwin, were you logged on as administrator or a non-admin user?

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:30 pm

Non-admin. Also, when I try to scan (here hard drive D), I get:

Quote:

Could not start process:
"C:\Program Files\ClamWin\bin\clamscan.exe" --tempdir "c:\docume~1\xxxx~1.xxx\locals~1\temp" --keep-mbox --stdout --database="C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\.clamwin\db" --log="c:\docume~1\xxxx~1.xxx\locals~1\temp\tmp-sz80g" --max-ratio=0 --no-mail --skip-noexe --infected --max-files=500 --max-space=10240 --max-recursion=5 --show-progress --recursive --exclude="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\config\\default" --exclude="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\config\\SAM" --exclude="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\config\\SECURITY" --exclude="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\config\\software" --exclude="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\config\\software.alt" --exclude="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\config\\system" --exclude="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\config\\system.alt" --exclude="[^\]*\.dbx$" --exclude="[^\]*\.tbb$" --exclude="[^\]*\.pst$" --exclude="[^\]*\.dat$" --exclude="[^\]*\.log$" --exclude="[^\]*\.evt$" --exclude="[^\]*\.nsf$" --exclude="[^\]*\.ntf$" --exclude="[^\]*\.chm$" --kill "D:\\"
Error: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:37 pm

I tried to install on xpsp2 as admin and non-admin and it worked in both cases.

It may be related to the VC8 runtime. Try to download and install vcredist_x86.exe from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=32bc1bee-a3f9-4c13-9c99-220b62a191ee&displaylang=en

Then if it does not help, delete the following folder:
C:\Program Files\ClamWin\bin\Microsoft.VC80.CRT

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:36 pm

It works now after installing that runtime file. Thanks to you!