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"System.BadImageFormatException was unhandled" blues...

 

"System.BadImageFormatException was unhandled" is a nebulous error message.

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Oh, by the way, unhandled shows up as a miss-spelling on my spell checker.

I really don't feel comfortable sharing how long I spent figuring this out but I am sharing the solution to possibly help someone else save some time.

This error did not mean anything to me.  At first blush, I suspected a version issue, installation issue with the sdk or a licensing issue.  What a joy!  Now the jump here may have something to do with past experience with this particular sdk.

After some time doing inspection and investigation and finding nothing I just happen click on the “Get General Help with this Exception”.

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Now I click on these things occasionally but experience has shown me to be a waste of time more often than not.   I usually go to world’s help desk aka “The Google Machine” and sometimes Bing.  But when on occasion when I am thinking I just click around. 

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Now the help content did not disappoint but this is not part of the help document but this is good content.

 

32-bit DLL….64-bit OS…..hmmm…something oddly familiar about this.  8 to 16 or more recently 16 to 32 same song different dance…or whatever the saying…

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Changing the Platform Target on the project properties from any cpu to x86 did the trick.

Thanks community for the help!

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