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‘An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format’ when installing Visual Studio 2022 extension
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Hi
Every time I try to install a Visual Studio 2022 extension I get error below at the end. These extensions are all legitimate official releases from established suppliers.
Here is error log for Microsoft Installers for VS 2022 extension;
19/08/2022 23:21:17 - Microsoft VSIX Installer
19/08/2022 23:21:17 - -------------------------------------------
19/08/2022 23:21:17 - vsixinstaller.exe version:
19/08/2022 23:21:17 - 17.3.2092
19/08/2022 23:21:17 - -------------------------------------------
19/08/2022 23:21:17 - Command line parameters:
19/08/2022 23:21:17 - G:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\vsixinstaller.exe,/appidinstallpath:G:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe,/skuName:Community,/skuVersion:17.3.32804.467,/appidname:Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022,/culture:en-US,/noep,C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\VSIXze2bsfvq.vsix
19/08/2022 23:21:17 - -------------------------------------------
19/08/2022 23:21:17 - Microsoft VSIX Installer
19/08/2022 23:21:17 - -------------------------------------------
19/08/2022 23:21:18 - System.BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)
at VSIXInstaller.App.SetGlobalLogger(IInteropLogger logger)
at VSIXInstaller.App.Initialize(Boolean isRepairSupported)
at VSIXInstaller.App.Initialize()
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
How can I fix this and get the extensions installed?
Thanks
Regards
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David Lowndes 4,711 Reputation points2022-08-20T14:38:05.257+00:00 Does the vendor of the extension say their extension works with VS2022?
VS2022 is the first 64-bit version, and the fact that you get System.BadImageFormatException leads me to suspect the extension may not be 64-bit compatible. -
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2022-08-20T15:12:01.09+00:00 Hi David
Yes. As an example here is one; https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DevExpress.MauiVSTemplates2022
Here is the log for it;
20/08/2022 16:10:34 - Microsoft VSIX Installer 20/08/2022 16:10:34 - ------------------------------------------- 20/08/2022 16:10:34 - vsixinstaller.exe version: 20/08/2022 16:10:34 - 17.3.2092 20/08/2022 16:10:34 - ------------------------------------------- 20/08/2022 16:10:34 - Command line parameters: 20/08/2022 16:10:34 - G:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\VSIXInstaller.exe,F:\Temp\DevExpress.Maui.Templates.vs22 (3).vsix 20/08/2022 16:10:34 - ------------------------------------------- 20/08/2022 16:10:34 - Microsoft VSIX Installer 20/08/2022 16:10:34 - ------------------------------------------- 20/08/2022 16:10:35 - System.BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B) at VSIXInstaller.App.SetGlobalLogger(IInteropLogger logger) at VSIXInstaller.App.Initialize(Boolean isRepairSupported) at VSIXInstaller.App.Initialize() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()Thanks
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David Lowndes 4,711 Reputation points
2022-08-20T16:46:48.24+00:00 Do you have any extensions that have installed OK?
For example, Live Share 2022, Visual Studio Spell Checker (VS2002 and Later)?If others are installed OK, I can only suggest that you check with the vendor.
I assume you've not got an ARM machine and are running VS2022 ARM?
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2022-08-20T17:09:37.787+00:00 HI David
Live Share 2022 was already installed from way back. Trying to update it to latest version gives the same error with below log. Its a regular Intel based PC.
Thanks
Regards
20/08/2022 18:04:37 - Microsoft VSIX Installer 20/08/2022 18:04:37 - ------------------------------------------- 20/08/2022 18:04:37 - vsixinstaller.exe version: 20/08/2022 18:04:37 - 17.3.2092 20/08/2022 18:04:37 - ------------------------------------------- 20/08/2022 18:04:37 - Command line parameters: 20/08/2022 18:04:37 - G:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\vsixinstaller.exe,/appidinstallpath:G:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe,/skuName:Community,/skuVersion:17.3.32804.467,/appidname:Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022,/culture:en-US,/noep,C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\VSIXj22oh52d.vsix 20/08/2022 18:04:37 - ------------------------------------------- 20/08/2022 18:04:37 - Microsoft VSIX Installer 20/08/2022 18:04:37 - ------------------------------------------- 20/08/2022 18:04:37 - System.BadImageFormatException: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B) at VSIXInstaller.App.SetGlobalLogger(IInteropLogger logger) at VSIXInstaller.App.Initialize(Boolean isRepairSupported) at VSIXInstaller.App.Initialize() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute() -
David Lowndes 4,711 Reputation points
2022-08-21T09:18:12.977+00:00 I'm out of suggestions then.
Tried a repair installation of VS?
Perhaps Fuslogvw (or Fusion++) might show some details of what's amiss? -
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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 27,266 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor2022-08-22T07:24:08.33+00:00 Hi @-- -- , please also try to update VS 2022 to the latest version. Besides, did you change some settings on your machine/OS?
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