System.BadImageFormatException after installing my nuget

Question

Hello All, I have my own solution that builds a .dll (mytest.dll). I then pack the .dll for referencing into a nuget package using a .nuspec file. When doing this process on my laptop, I can install the nuget into a test app and create objects from the nuget in the code no problem.

Testing on my build machine, which is Windows Server 2012 R2, I do this same process but after installing the nuget and trying to run my test app I get a runtime exception:

System.BadImageFormatException: 'Could not load file or assembly 'mytest.dll' or one of its dependencies. is not a valid Win32 application. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700C1)'

Any ideas on what to check on the Windows Server machine? Note: 1. Both machines have Visual Studio 2019 used to build 2. I use nuget.exe from the command line to pack the nuget (nuget update --self before packing)

Answer 1

Created new question:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/340969/badimageformatexception-building-c-dll-in-server-2.html

Answer 2

Hi ThurmanAllen,

You can have a try to re-compile your dll to "Any CPU" instead of "x86".

Best Regards, Dylan

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