CODEWITHSUNDEEP
.netwindows-11
Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen

Reputation: 75346

Commercial game crashes at launch with: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Filen eller assemblyen 'System.Runtime.Serialization, Version=3.0.0.0

My GOG copy of Spacechem started to crash at startup the other day on my Windows 11 machine (fully updated). Reparing and reinstalling didn't help. After poking around a bit I found that the zicrash file listed

Exception:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Filen eller assemblyen 'System.Runtime.Serialization, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' eller en af dens afhængigheder kunne ikke indlæses. Den angivne fil blev ikke fundet.
Filnavn: 'System.Runtime.Serialization, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'
   ved #=q$8$$I4Mf1JKnj3g$y4uj4Q==.#=qFWLRlWJfKM1XFnOxiHt81g==()
   ved #=q$Ms6qF3PBgUNpBt146_KhkgwHdbILL7qmYawLOhB6Bw=.#=qXWdxPFaWEbTGnRcnAngCAA==(#=q$8$$I4Mf1JKnj3g$y4uj4Q== #=q9Id63pJjjZGZOhn1pfeoNQ==)

which appears to be a very old version of System.Runtime.Serialization which apparently for some reason is needed but not present anymore (as it used to work).

Is this a faulty build or is there a simple way to reinstall this dependency?

I have Visual Studio Community 2022 installed (but used very little) if it helps with installing nuget packages.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 65

Answers (1)

Ayoub Kaanich
Ayoub Kaanich

Reputation: 1021

The most likely reason is missing .NET 3.5 (assuming the software in question is as old as I think)

Try installing it with "Turn Windows features on or off"

Turn Windows features on or off

See also https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/install/dotnet-35-windows

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions