Error Running Search

[kirkpat]

I get this error on Windows XP: "Can't initialize the crypt system provider CryptAcquireContext2" with AllDup 4.0.18. The application works on Windows 7. Am I missing a DLL?

[Administrator]

Windows XP with Service Pack 3?

[therube]

Do you have the file, fldrvw90.ocx, in your instalDir\dep\ ?

[kirkpat]

It's either SP2 or SP3.
fldrvw90.ocx is in the dep folder.

[Administrator]

I runned a test with AllDup PE v4.0.18 under WinXP SP3 and the Search Method "File content SHA-1 (160-Bit)": everything runs fine...

[kirkpat]

Can you suggest some things for me to try to fix the problem? The error contains "CryptAcquireContext2" Should it be "CryptAcquireContext", "CryptAcquireContextA", or "CryptAcquireContextW"? Does that give a clue as to what might be wrong?

[therube]

Start | Run -> WINVER, should tell you the SP level, I believe.

On Win7, I "see" (& assuming what I'm looking at has any meaning), CryptAcquireContextA & CryptAcquireContextW, not '2'.

[Administrator]

"CryptAcquireContext2" is just a information for the developer.

Reinstall SP3. Maybe this will fix the problem.

[kirkpat]

I don't have the option of reinstalling the OS. Can I put the necessary DLLs in the AllDup application folder? Which DLLs do I need?

[Administrator]

AllDup is using the windows crypt functions and it looks like that your windows installtion is corrupted.
You need to reinstall XP or the latest service pack...

[therube]

If what you need is SP3, if installing that (or reinstalling that) is enough to get you working, you can download SP3 (& this is only the SP3 update - not the "XP SP3" operating system), you can get it from the link here, http://www.zdnet.com/article/update-7-x ... microsoft/.

Verify the hash of your download (which is the same hash of the file I've long had on hand).

[kirkpat]

I can't update the OS with SP3. The only thing I can do is put the correct DLLs in the application directory if you can tell me which ones I need.

[Administrator]

The only thing I can do is put the correct DLLs in the application directory if you can tell me which ones I need.

Sorry, thats not possible.