SYMPTOMS
When starting Microsoft Developer Studio, the following error is displayed:
DEVBCPX - This required file cannot be loaded. Please re-install
Microsoft Developer Studio"
This error may be generated if you have a dual-boot machine and Numega's
Bounds Checker is installed. Even if Developer Studio is reinstalled, the
error still occurs.
NOTE: The same error occurs when Bounds Checker is uninstalled.
RESOLUTION
You can use one of the following options to resolve this problem depending
on your requirements.
Option 1
Use this option if you are using a dual-boot machine and you want to use
both Visual C++ Developer Studio and BoundsChecker, and you are getting
this error when you try to use Developer Studio in only one of the
operating systems.
The resolution for the above configuration is to install BoundsChecker also
for the operating system where the error has occurred.
Option 2
Use this option if you are the only user of the machine and you have no
intention of using BoundsChecker.
The resolution is to uninstall Visual C++, and verify the following
information.
For Visual C++, version 5.0:
Verify that the the directories DevStudio\SharedIDE\Bin and
DevStudio\Vc\Bin are empty. Also, ensure that the following registry
keys are deleted if you find them:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\DevStudio
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Infoviewer\5.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\DevStudio
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Infoviewer\5.0
For Visual C++, version 6.0:
Verify that the directories [Visual Studio Path]\Common\MSDEV98\Bin and
[Visual Studio Path]\VC98\Bin are empty. Also, ensure that the following
registry keys are deleted if you find them:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\DevStudio\6.0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\DevStudio\6.0
Then reinstall Visual C++. If you installed the MSDN Library
before, it is advisable that you reinstall the MSDN Library also after
reinstalling Visual C++.