The specified module could not be found.

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HI guys

I'm having a strange error.:confused: At times the application loads up and at times it shows this error. I'm out of ideas. i tried google and nothing is helping.... it's a asp.net 2 web app. written in c#...

??? any one?:rolleyes::confused:
 
Might be that an HTTP module you are registering in your web.config is not installed in the GAC on the server you are trying to host the application on. Are you using AJAX? Check that the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX extensions are installed on the server.
 
Maybe if you posted the exact error message more people would be able to help you?
 
dequadin said:
Maybe if you posted the exact error message more people would be able to help you?
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The specified module could not be found.

that's exactly the error i get. the problem is that at times the application works and at times it doesn't. :confused:
 
koeks said:
The specified module could not be found.

that's exactly the error i get. the problem is that at times the application works and at times it doesn't. :confused:
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Oops sorry didn't realise it was the thread title ;)

No extra details to go with that error, nothing in the Event Viewer?
 
My only guess still stands that the web.config loads in an HTTP Module that can't be found in the GAC. I've had that error too many times not to think otherwise... :p
 
dequadin said:
Oops sorry didn't realise it was the thread title ;)

No extra details to go with that error, nothing in the Event Viewer?
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There must be more to this error message other than that. I'm going to tell you the same I tell all my clients reporting errors "Please include the 'gobbledeegook' you also see on the page because thats how I determine what is wrong"

Also remember, Event Viewer is your friend.

And remember kids... if the PC says you're wrong, you're wrong. Something in your code is firing something else that doesn't exist. End of Story. Now go find that code and sort it out!

I had a programmer who told me it was impossible and that they (the client) should enter data more carefully. 5 minutes after I started looking through his code he couldn't fix in 2 weeks, I found an If statement that fired a component that wasn't instantiated.

An If statement that wasn't used or needed yet created the error.

I'd would have liked to bitch slap him, but instead, I started drinking, Join our Face Palm week where we celebrate idiots with Alchohol
 
What AcidRaZor means, is "what about the f$&^%ing stacktrace?" :p

I agree though - that can't be all that popped up. Try giving us the entire error page - so we can see, or you can be vindicated. Either way. ;)
 
guys please. I'm not a user and if there was more to the error message then i would have provided. thanks for your help anyway. i also spoke to the web server techie and he said there was nothing in event viewer... like i said sometimes a log in page loads up and sometimes it does not. I turned off the "show friendly HTTP error" and if i turn it back on it gives me a "http 500, internal server error"

thanks guy i will keep you posted...
 
Okay, to help you out here - the default error page for Internal Server Error (500) is a static page. If using ASP you would need to get your techie to change it to a dynamic page (I recommend setting it to the same page as is setup for Custom Error 500; 100 (/iisHelp/common/500-100.asp). That will give you a much more detailed error, including stacktrace.

However, you're using .Net - and it sounds like you are not testing on your own machine. By default the Web.Config file has a setting like so:

Code: 
<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly">
You need to change that to
Code: 
<customErrors mode="Off">
That will give you the details we are asking for.

Good luck.
 
Where is your site hosted? If it is GamCo, I had similar problems with all my sites hosted with them recently. A quick support query and it was all sorted within an hour.
 
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