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LionelGoulet
LionelGoulet

Reputation: 577

"winmdexp.exe" exited with code -532462766

Scenario: Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate release 4. Windows 8.1 Universal Project. C#. I need a Windows Runtime Component to update my Live Tile periodically. The solution build ends with the error message:

"winmdexp.exe" exited with code -532462766

I've been searching for clues for the past 2-1/2 days. Nothing comes close. There are no syntax errors in any of the code anywhere in the three projects in this solution. Can anyone point me in a direction at least?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2374

Answers (2)

Alexander Trofimov
Alexander Trofimov

Reputation: 612

If it will help someone - to see the the real error description open cmd and run bin\Debug\YourProject.exe

Upvotes: 0

LionelGoulet
LionelGoulet

Reputation: 577

I found the solution. My Windows and Windows Phone projects have Assembly Version settings of 1, 0, *, and -blank- to automatically generate version numbers as a function of date-compiled. I use the automatically-generated version numbers to get a "date-compiled" at run-time.

When I set the Assembly Version settings in the runtime component project to match those of the other two projects in the solution, the above error message just went away! :)

Since this was such an ugly problem with no extant solution that I could find, anywhere, I figured I would post a solution here and save somebody else 2-1/2 days of work.

Upvotes: 5

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