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Garmin Express & Windows 11

Garmin Express on Windows 11:

Garmin Express works normally on the base image with no software installed after installing .NET 3.0 & 3.5 libraries as required during install.

My developer's workstation with Windows 11 and Visual Studio 2022 Preview does not work. Logs contain the following issues:

C:\ProgramData\Garmin\Logs\Express\Expresss.log:

6567.log.txt
2021-06-30 15:11:17.4655 | 1 | E | Client Version: 7.7.0.0 2021-06-30 15:11:17.4655 | 1 | E | Unhandled Exception System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'CefSharp.Core.dll' or one of its dependencies. is not a valid Win32 application. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700C1) File name: 'CefSharp.Core.dll' at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.<Application_Startup>d__15.MoveNext() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncVoidMethodBuilder.Start[TStateMachine](TStateMachine& stateMachine) at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.Application_Startup(Object sender, StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__1_0(Object unused) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler) at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.<Application_Startup>d__15.MoveNext() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncVoidMethodBuilder.Start[TStateMachine](TStateMachine& stateMachine) at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.Application_Startup(Object sender, StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__1_0(Object unused) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler) 2021-06-30 15:13:58.2554 | 1 | I | Client instance launched with command args: 2021-06-30 15:20:23.5537 | 2 | E | Exception thrown by unobserved task. System.AggregateException: A Task's exception(s) were not observed either by Waiting on the Task or accessing its Exception property. As a result, the unobserved exception was rethrown by the finalizer thread. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.<ProcessUnhandledExceptionAsync>d__20.MoveNext() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- ---> (Inner Exception #0) System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.<ProcessUnhandledExceptionAsync>d__20.MoveNext()<--- 2021-06-30 15:20:23.5537 | 2 | E | Exception thrown by unobserved task. System.AggregateException: A Task's exception(s) were not observed either by Waiting on the Task or accessing its Exception property. As a result, the unobserved exception was rethrown by the finalizer thread. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.HandleCommandLineArgs(String[] args) at Garmin.Omt.Express.Program.IpcRemoteService.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.<InvokeFirstInstance>b__0() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeDelegateCore() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- ---> (Inner Exception #0) System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.HandleCommandLineArgs(String[] args) at Garmin.Omt.Express.Program.IpcRemoteService.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.<InvokeFirstInstance>b__0() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeDelegateCore() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl()<--- C:\ProgramData\Garmin\Logs\Express\ExpressDetailed.log 2021-06-30 15:11:17.4655 | 1 | E | App | Client Version: 7.7.0.0 2021-06-30 15:11:17.4655 | 1 | E | App | Unhandled Exception System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'CefSharp.Core.dll' or one of its dependencies. is not a valid Win32 application. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700C1) File name: 'CefSharp.Core.dll' at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.<Application_Startup>d__15.MoveNext() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncVoidMethodBuilder.Start[TStateMachine](TStateMachine& stateMachine) at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.Application_Startup(Object sender, StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__1_0(Object unused) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler) at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.<Application_Startup>d__15.MoveNext() at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncVoidMethodBuilder.Start[TStateMachine](TStateMachine& stateMachine) at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.Application_Startup(Object sender, StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__1_0(Object unused) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler) 2021-06-30 15:13:58.2554 | 1 | I | App | Client instance launched with command args: 2021-06-30 15:20:23.5537 | 2 | E | App | Exception thrown by unobserved task. System.AggregateException: A Task's exception(s) were not observed either by Waiting on the Task or accessing its Exception property. As a result, the unobserved exception was rethrown by the finalizer thread. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.<ProcessUnhandledExceptionAsync>d__20.MoveNext() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- ---> (Inner Exception #0) System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.<ProcessUnhandledExceptionAsync>d__20.MoveNext()<--- 2021-06-30 15:20:23.5537 | 2 | E | App | Exception thrown by unobserved task. System.AggregateException: A Task's exception(s) were not observed either by Waiting on the Task or accessing its Exception property. As a result, the unobserved exception was rethrown by the finalizer thread. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.HandleCommandLineArgs(String[] args) at Garmin.Omt.Express.Program.IpcRemoteService.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.<InvokeFirstInstance>b__0() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeDelegateCore() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- ---> (Inner Exception #0) System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Garmin.Omt.Express.App.HandleCommandLineArgs(String[] args) at Garmin.Omt.Express.Program.IpcRemoteService.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.<InvokeFirstInstance>b__0() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeDelegateCore() at System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherOperation.InvokeImpl()<---

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SeanBourg over 2 years ago +1 verified

I was able to resolve this issue on my own after some research into the thrown exception.

Steps taken:

1. Uninstalled the Visual Studio 2015-2019 C++ Redistribute packages (vc_redist.x86.exe)

2. Uninstalled…

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0 SUSSAMB over 2 years ago

Doubt if Garmin have even started to think about Win11 yet

0 SeanBourg over 2 years ago in reply to SUSSAMB

Perhaps but this is less of a Windows 11 issue as much as it is an issue with the continued dependencies on 32 bit architecture.

+1 SeanBourg over 2 years ago

I was able to resolve this issue on my own after some research into the thrown exception.

Steps taken:

1. Uninstalled the Visual Studio 2015-2019 C++ Redistribute packages (vc_redist.x86.exe)

2. Uninstalled theVisual Studio 2012 C++ Redistribute packages.

3. Reinstalled both the 2012 & 2015-2019 Redistribute packages from (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads-2647da03-1eea-4433-9aff-95f26a218cc0).

Worked fine once doing this. I imagine this was because this was a clean Windows 11 install without any legacy software.