[Bug 57494] New: err:module:import_dll Loading library gdiplus.dll while starting "atwork"

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57494

Bug ID: 57494
           Summary: err:module:import_dll Loading library gdiplus.dll
                    while starting "atwork"
           Product: Wine
           Version: 9.22
          Hardware: x86-64
               URL: https://download.betreuung.de/2013/atwork_extrasmall_s
                    etup.exe
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: download
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: Debian

This strange bug  was reported on the forum:
https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?t=39743

After install trying to run for example 'wine admin.exe' you get:

0024:trace:module:load_dll looking for L"gdiplus.dll" in L"C:\at
work;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows\system;C:\windows;.;C:\windows\system32;C
:\windows;C:\windows\system32\wbem;C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0"
0024:trace:module:open_dll_file L"\??\C:\windows\system32\gdiplus.dll" is
for arch 8664, continuing search
0024:trace:module:open_dll_file L"\??\C:\windows\system32\gdiplus.dll" is
for arch 8664, continuing search
0024:warn:module:load_dll Failed to load module L"gdiplus.dll"; status=c000007b
0024:err:module:import_dll Loading library gdiplus.dll (which is needed by
L"C:\at work\VFP9R.DLL") failed (error c000007b).

[Bug 57494] err:module:import_dll Loading library gdiplus.dll while starting "atwork"

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--- Comment #1 from Alexandre Julliard  ---
It somehow installs a 64-bit gdiplus.dll in windows\syswow64.

[Bug 57494] err:module:import_dll Loading library gdiplus.dll while starting "atwork"

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--- Comment #2 from Louis Lenders  ---
(In reply to Alexandre Julliard from comment #1)
> It somehow installs a 64-bit gdiplus.dll in windows\syswow64.

ah ok thanks for the quick find, so might be in issue with the installer then I
guess?

Indeed workaround below makes it start for me (I'll post it on the
forumthread):

rm -rf windows/syswow64/GDIPLUS.DLL
wine wineboot -u
wine admin.exe

[Bug 57494] err:module:import_dll Loading library gdiplus.dll while starting "atwork"

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--- Comment #3 from Dmitry Timoshkov  ---
Probably Windows doesn't look for gdiplus.dll under system32/syswow64, but uses
a manifest and winsxs, and that might explain it.

[Bug 57494] err:module:import_dll Loading library gdiplus.dll while starting "atwork"

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--- Comment #4 from Louis Lenders  ---
(In reply to Dmitry Timoshkov from comment #3)
> Probably Windows doesn't look for gdiplus.dll under system32/syswow64, but
> uses a manifest and winsxs, and that might explain it.

I ran the installer in a Windows virtual machine (windows 10) and there the app
does not install it's own gdiplus, neither in system32 nor in syswow64.

I think the installer checks the version of gdiplus, because when I update
wine's gdiplus version from 6.1.*** to 10.1*** wine doesn't install gdiplus
anymore (in syswow64) and the application starts fine.

I don't have a windows 7 VM; If anyone has, it would be interesting to see if
the installer also installs the 64-bit gdiplus into syswow64 on that VM;

For now it's not clear if this is an application bug or a wine bug...

[Bug 57494] err:module:import_dll Loading library gdiplus.dll while starting "atwork"

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Fabian Maurer  changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Fabian Maurer  ---
> I don't have a windows 7 VM; If anyone has, it would be interesting to see
> if the installer also installs the 64-bit gdiplus into syswow64 on that VM;

It refuses to run on Windows 7:
> Dieses Programm unterstützt die auf Ihrem Computer installierte Windows Version nicht.

Translation:
> This program doesn't support the Windows version installed on your computer

[Bug 57494] err:module:import_dll Loading library gdiplus.dll while starting "atwork"

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--- Comment #6 from Louis Lenders  ---
(In reply to Fabian Maurer from comment #5)
> > I don't have a windows 7 VM; If anyone has, it would be interesting to see
> > if the installer also installs the 64-bit gdiplus into syswow64 on that VM;
>
> It refuses to run on Windows 7:
> > Dieses Programm unterstützt die auf Ihrem Computer installierte Windows Version nicht.
>
> Translation:
> > This program doesn't support the Windows version installed on your computer

Hi, thanks for trying.

This bug is rather strange, I don't get why the app the tries to install it's
own gdiplus.dll.
When i bump wine's version resource to 10.1.** it doesn't install it, but when
I bump it to 10.0.*** it does. AFAIK there is no gdiplus with version resource
10.1.*......