Deactivation tool

coalesce

Hi,

I have been having a problem with the deactivation tool.

If I try and run the tool from a network location, it crashes immediately.

I was struggling with this until I tried copying the file to my local machine, and then when I tried to run it, it worked fine, so that's a perfectly good workaround, but I thought I should report the bug anyway.

The error produced the following event in the Application Event Log:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: .NET Runtime 2.0 Error Reporting
Event Category: None
Event ID: 5000
Date: 09/05/2008
Time: 11:21:06
User: N/A
Computer: MYMACHINE
Description:
EventType clr20r3, P1 deactivate.exe, P2 2.5.0.208, P3 4766ab92, P4 deactivate, P5 2.5.0.208, P6 4766ab92, P7 1f, P8 c, P9 system.security.security, P10 NIL.

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Data:
0000: 63 00 6c 00 72 00 32 00 c.l.r.2.
0008: 30 00 72 00 33 00 2c 00 0.r.3.,.
0010: 20 00 64 00 65 00 61 00 .d.e.a.
0018: 63 00 74 00 69 00 76 00 c.t.i.v.
0020: 61 00 74 00 65 00 2e 00 a.t.e...
0028: 65 00 78 00 65 00 2c 00 e.x.e.,.
0030: 20 00 32 00 2e 00 35 00 .2...5.
0038: 2e 00 30 00 2e 00 32 00 ..0...2.
0040: 30 00 38 00 2c 00 20 00 0.8.,. .
0048: 34 00 37 00 36 00 36 00 4.7.6.6.
0050: 61 00 62 00 39 00 32 00 a.b.9.2.
0058: 2c 00 20 00 64 00 65 00 ,. .d.e.
0060: 61 00 63 00 74 00 69 00 a.c.t.i.
0068: 76 00 61 00 74 00 65 00 v.a.t.e.
0070: 2c 00 20 00 32 00 2e 00 ,. .2...
0078: 35 00 2e 00 30 00 2e 00 5...0...
0080: 32 00 30 00 38 00 2c 00 2.0.8.,.
0088: 20 00 34 00 37 00 36 00 .4.7.6.
0090: 36 00 61 00 62 00 39 00 6.a.b.9.
0098: 32 00 2c 00 20 00 31 00 2.,. .1.
00a0: 66 00 2c 00 20 00 63 00 f.,. .c.
00a8: 2c 00 20 00 73 00 79 00 ,. .s.y.
00b0: 73 00 74 00 65 00 6d 00 s.t.e.m.
00b8: 2e 00 73 00 65 00 63 00 ..s.e.c.
00c0: 75 00 72 00 69 00 74 00 u.r.i.t.
00c8: 79 00 2e 00 73 00 65 00 y...s.e.
00d0: 63 00 75 00 72 00 69 00 c.u.r.i.
00d8: 74 00 79 00 20 00 4e 00 t.y. .N.
00e0: 49 00 4c 00 0d 00 0a 00 I.L.....

Thanks,

Gareth

Michelle T

.NET applications in general don't like being run from network locations. Unfortunately, since the deactivation tool is a .NET application, it can't be run from a network location either. Do you think there should be some kind of documentation of this problem, and if so where? (Having it crash more gracefully isn't an option, but advice on the page you download it on might be.)

Ellenkira445

Hi Gareth,

Thank you for reporting the issue with the deactivation tool crashing when run from a network location. It seems like the error might be related to .NET security settings, particularly the System.Security.Security component. Network locations sometimes have stricter permissions or policies in place that might prevent certain applications from executing properly. Copying the file to your local machine effectively bypasses these restrictions, which is why it works as a workaround.

For a permanent solution, it might be worth checking the .NET trust settings for network locations or ensuring that the tool has the necessary permissions to run over the network.

Your experience with troubleshooting this issue reminds me of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy​

Just like in the game, where persistence and creative problem-solving are key to overcoming frustrating challenges, you've managed to find a clever workaround to keep things moving. Let’s hope we can find a permanent fix soon, so you won’t need to keep climbing over this same hurdle.