Using this C++ library

I'm trying to use an executable file (written in C) that calls a C++ library. I'm getting this error in my Windows Server 2008 box:

Faulting application name: sample.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4d668157
Faulting module name: MSVCR90.dll, version: 9.0.30729.4974, time stamp: 0x4b7a226f
Exception code: 0xc0000417
Fault offset: 0x0002fc96
Faulting process id: 0xf10
Faulting application start time: 0x01cbd45775cc7011
Faulting application path: C:\Bprobe\sample.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4974_none_50940634bcb759cb\MSVCR90.dll
Report Id: b37b5e67-404a-11e0-b69c-00155d2fb513

The same EXE file works on Windows 7 and Windows XP, so I'm guessing it's a missing component.

Any ideas?

This doesn't seem to be a problem exclusive to Windows Server 2008. I just tested on Windows XP and got the same error (I do have other Windows XP boxes where it worked).

Exception code 0xc0000417 is STATUS_INVALID_CRUNTIME_PARAMETER. Sounds like an invalid parameter was passed to a C runtime function.

I would launch the application under a debugger, with WinDBG or VS if you have it installed on this machine. Set the debugger to break on all first chance exceptions (or you could add in this exception code directly and have it break only on this exception) and when you hit the exception, examine the call stack. Use Microsoft's public symbol server to resolve symbols (it will have the VS 2008 CRT library symbols). Have the .pdb for your .exe present or on the symbol search path.

If frames from your module are anywhere on the call stack, double click the first one starting from the top down. Check to see which C runtime function is being called.