Bug 487973 - Fails to start on Windows 11 - procedure entry point could not be located
Summary: Fails to start on Windows 11 - procedure entry point could not be located
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 487893
Alias: None
Product: kdiff3
Classification: Applications
Component: application (show other bugs)
Version: 1.11.1
Platform: Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
: NOR critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: michael
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Reported: 2024-06-03 17:09 UTC by bruno.juchli
Modified: 2024-06-10 23:57 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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2024-06-03 17:09 UTC, bruno.juchli 		Details
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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 ***