Bug 487973

Summary:	Fails to start on Windows 11 - procedure entry point could not be located
Product:	[Applications] kdiff3	Reporter:	bruno.juchli
Component:	application	Assignee:	michael <reeves.87>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	critical	CC:	cristianstoica85, jeffmill
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	1.11.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Error eessage box

Description bruno.juchli 2024-06-03 17:09:56 UTC

Created attachment 170097 [details]
Error eessage box

SUMMARY
When executing kdiff3.exe it immediately crashes with an error message box.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. install kdiff3 1.11.1 on Windows 11
2. execute kdiff3.exe

OBSERVED RESULT
An error message box shows with message:

> The procedure entry point
> ?query@QSystemLocale@@UEBA?AVQVariant@@W4QueryType@1@V2@@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Program Files\KDiff3\bin\KF6XmlGui.dll

EXPECTED RESULT
KDiff3 window shows.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 11 23H2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I've downloaded the installer from https://download.kde.org/stable/kdiff3/kdiff3-1.11.1-windows-x86_64.exe

Comment 1 jeffmill 2024-06-06 19:33:56 UTC

Seeing same.  Placing text representation here to make it easy to search for.

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kdiff3.exe - Entry Point Not Found
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The procedure entry point ?query@QSystemLocale@@UEBA?AVQVariant@@W4QueryType@1@V2@@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Users\jeffm\scoop\apps\kdiff3\current\bin\KF6XmlGui.dll. 
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OK   
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Comment 2 Cristian Stoica 2024-06-08 11:17:15 UTC

Same bug as https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487893

Comment 3 michael 2024-06-10 23:57:24 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 487893 ***