SQL Compare 9 crashes on launch due to DragDrop registration

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  Sorry you're running into this, can you please try with the below build of SQL Compare and let me know how you get on:
  
  ftp://support.red-gate.com/patches/SQL_ ... .0.282.zip
  
  If this still fails, can you send the report in again and be sure to include your e-mail address?
  
  Many thanks!
  
  Pete

  peter.peart August 04, 2011 08:51

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  Unfortunately, it didn't help..
  
  I thought it did, but it was only slightly delayed in crashing.
  
  Same exception is shown by .NET:
  
  System.InvalidOperationException: DragDrop registration did not succeed. ---> System.Threading.ThreadStateException: Current thread must be set to single thread apartment (STA) mode before OLE calls can be made. Ensure that your Main function has STAThreadAttribute marked on it.
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.SetAcceptDrops(Boolean accept)
  --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.SetAcceptDrops(Boolean accept)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnHandleCreated(EventArgs e)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmCreate(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
  at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
  
     // Regards, Morten

  mortenn August 04, 2011 10:12

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  Ok, did it generate a report for you to send in for us, and if so did you send it in?
  
  Thanks,
  
  Pete

  peter.peart August 04, 2011 10:42

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  Yes, and I did send the report, just like I have done several times in the past.
  
      // Regards, Morten

  mortenn August 05, 2011 06:52

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  From my perspective, looks like we don't get the error report because there is an error in the error reporting procedure. And around we go.
  
  Because it's an initialization error, it is sometimes impossible to deliver a proper error because we need the program to be initialized before we can possibly do that.
  
  I'll suggest to Pete that we should debug this and hopefully he or someone else will be in touch soon with some instructions.

  Brian Donahue August 05, 2011 08:12

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  Thank you,
  
  I will be on vacation the next two weeks, but I will be able to log in remotely during that time to try things out.
  
      // Regards, Morten

  mortenn August 05, 2011 08:19

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  Just a follow up on this one, the antivirus software as preventing SQL Compare from connecting to other machines across the network.
  
  AV software was re-configured, and SQL Compare then started working.
  
  Pete

  peter.peart September 06, 2011 11:25

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  It was blocking SQL Compare from listening on a local port, connecting to the SQL server wasn't blocked at all.
  
  Thanks for the help figuring this one out!
  
  // Cheers, Morten

  mortenn September 07, 2011 03:22

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