SUMMARY STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install digikam 6.0.0 or 6.1.0 on Windows 10 (Windows 10 Pro) 2. Try to start digikam OBSERVED RESULT Error Message appears: digikam.exe - Bad Image C:\Program Files\digiKam\SDL2.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support. Error status 0xc0000022. Application does not start. EXPECTED RESULT Application should start SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.437] ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I just tried with 6.0.0 or 6.1.0 official installers under Windows 7 or 10 and there is no problem at startup. I suspect a problem with the anti-virus working in background... Gilles Caulier
You were right. On a system without antivirus (sophos in particular) the software started just fine. To solve my problem, I switched back to 5.9.0. But I would appreciate, if future versions would be "sophos-compatible".
It's not about digikam being sophos compatible, it's about sophos fixing a false positive. You need to report this to Sophos and if they are any good, they will include a fix in the next update.
and SDL.dll is an open source shared library : https://www.libsdl.org/ All digiKam installer is cross compiled under Linux => there is no windows here, so no virus is possible ! Gilles Caulier
I'm adding this link, even if it's related to Malwarebytes, to show what anti-virus programs do. https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/212490-digikam-removed-as-ransomware/ Maik