Error 1114 - Batch DLL Initialization Error

Keywords:    Error 1114 - Batch DLL Initialization Error

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Question:

I'm getting the Error 1114 - Batch DLL Initialization Error when installing WinBatch. What could be the problem?

Answer:

This is an unusual error. The 1114 error indicated that Windows could not initialize our WIL DLL (WBDxx34I.DLL) properly. I've never actually seen this error before.

Here are some things to check:

1. Version of Windows?

2. Version of WinBatch? 16 or 32 bit version?

3. Did it die right at the beginning, or did setup seem to run for a while and keel over later?

4. Are you trying to install from disks or from a zip file?

Possible problems:

1. Damaged disk or corrupt zip file.

2. Out of space on target hard drive.

3. Files in target directory are read-only.

4. Trying to install to a read-only network drive.

5. Trying to install software with an aggressive virus scanner active.

Some background:

When you click on the setup.exe, it starts a portion of the WinBatch program. (The setup program is written as a compiled winbatch script) The first thing it does is to go out and attempt to load the above mentioned DLL. It really can't do anything at all until the dll is loaded.

Apparently Windows tried loading the DLL, and it crashed. The error got back to the setup program that reported the 1114 error.

Either the zip file got corrupted somehow and/or the WIL DLl (WBDxx34I.DLL) is somehow corrupted and/or the setup.exe is somehow confused about things.

You might try re-unzipping the file and check carefully for any error messages. If the downloaded zip is bad, the unzip program should whine about something.

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Article ID:   W12939

Filename:   1114 - Batch Initialization Error when Installing WinBatch.txt