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#263 Code::Blocks wants to find lib_finder.dll
When I start Code::Blocks, I get a popup window with a warning, that lib_finder.dll can't be loaded.
Note that I do not have a plugin installed with a name similar to this dll, and I don't know where this message comes from. Maybe there is some plugin dependency, which is not fulfilled.
I guess it would be helpful if I post a list of all my plugins here. Is there an easy way to generate such a list?
I think this maybe a version mismatch, I mean, you may have an old file named "share\CodeBlocks\plugins\lib_finder.dll", but this file's version does not match the host application(codeblocks.exe).
Thus, when the codeblocks.exe try to scan and load any dll files under the plugins folder, it detect the version mismatch, and give you the report.
This is not a bug report, but some kind of a support request. This is not a correct place for such requests. Please use the forum. And please give better description of the problem there. Mentioning version numbers and how you've installed Code::Blocks.
Closing.
I thought it is a bug, because the error appeared after I installed Code::Blocks from its web site. It was the first installation on this PC. The installation file is codeblocks-13.12-setup.exe. If this is really a version mismatch, couldn't it be that an incorrect version of lib_finder.dll was bundled with this setup.exe? In this case, it wouldn't be a bug in Code::Blocks, but in the setup program.
Can you uninstall and then search for lib_finder.dll on your computer?
And then tell us if there is one.
There is exactly one lib_finder.dll on my C: drive:
-0-1- ~ > find c:/ -name lib_finder.dll 2>/dev/null |tee tmp/find_result.txt
c:/Program Files (x86)/CodeBlocks/share/CodeBlocks/plugins/lib_finder.dll
-0-1- ~ > ls -l 'c:/Program Files (x86)/CodeBlocks/share/CodeBlocks/plugins/lib_finder.dll'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 FISRONA Domain Users 530958 Dec 27 2013 c:/Program Files (x86)/CodeBlocks/share/CodeBlocks/plugins/lib_finder.dll
It is below the directory, where CodeBlocks is installed. Looking at the date, it is the same as codeblocks.exe (in c:/Program Files (x86)/CodeBlocks), so it is very likely that this is the one which came with CodeBlocks.
I did not scan the network drives, but since I don't have any network directory in my PATH, so even if an outdated lib_finder would be on some network share, this could not do any harm.
Do you still think it makes sense to uninstall CodeBlocks (and hence loose my settings)? If uninstall.exe works correctly, it would remove everything under the CodeBlocks directory and of course lib_finder.dll would be gone too. But what would this prove?
You won't loose your settings if you uninstall codeblocks.
I'm not really sure what is going on here.
What is the size of this dll?
The size is 530958 (see my last posting - I did a ls -l)
I still have the original setup.exe, from which I installed CodeBlocks:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 FISRONA Domain Users 30649126 Nov 6 2014 c:/dl/codeblocks-13.12-setup.exe
Would it help if I uploaded it here, so that other can try to recreate the problem?
Should I uninstall and reinstall? If yes, should I do it with the same setup file, or should I download it again from the CodeBlocks website?
I think you should uninstall. Any way, please ask your question in the codeblocks' forum(Code::Blocks - Index), and here in SF ticket, you will get few help.