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    koahnig
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    You can run 32 bit applications on 64 bit windows. I am running minGW compiled 32 bit applications on Windows 7 64 bit.

    Did you check the required dlls with the dependency walker already?

    Vote the answer(s) that helped you to solve your issue(s)

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      soroush
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      [quote author="koahnig" date="1357293503"]
      Did you check the required dlls with the dependency walker already? [/quote]

      Yes. Everything looks sane to me. I double-echecked PATH, architectures of binaries, and everything else. Can't find the problem...

      Program exits with following error message:
      @
      Failed to load platform plugin "windows". Available platforms are:

      Invalid parameter passed to C runtime function.
      Invalid parameter passed to C runtime function.
      @

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        lgeyer
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        Did you deploy platform/qwindows.dll as well? (It will not show up in Dependency Walker).

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          soroush
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          [quote author="Lukas Geyer" date="1357298812"]Did you deploy platform/qwindows.dll as well? (It will not show up in Dependency Walker).[/quote]

          No I didn't know about that. It's not present in installation directory. It's in qtbase/plugin/platform. Though adding that file, program does not run yet.

          I made a 7z archive of all DLL s that Dependency Walker can see + msvcrt . It just don't run on any 64bit windows machine. I had no chance to test with 32 yet

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            lgeyer
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            It is actually platform s /qwindows.dll, not platform/qwindows.dll. Be aware that you will have to deploy platforms/qwindows d .dll if you are deploying a debug build.

            With these changes, do you still get <code>Failed to load platform plugin "windows". Available platforms are:</code>?

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              soroush
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              [quote author="Lukas Geyer" date="1357301238"]It is actually platform s /qwindows.dll, not platform/qwindows.dll.[/quote]

              Yea, my typo

              [quote author="Lukas Geyer" date="1357301238"]Be aware that you will have to deploy platforms/qwindows d .dll if you are deploying a debug build.

              With these changes, do you still get <code>Failed to load platform plugin "windows". Available platforms are:</code>?[/quote]

              I tried both debug and release builds with libraries with/without debugging symbols. It's still same.

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                lgeyer
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                Using the <code>-platformpluginpath</code> command line option or the <code>QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH</code> environment variable might be another option, but Qt should pickup the plugin automatically when placed in the correct location.

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                  soroush
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                  [quote author="Lukas Geyer" date="1357305345"]Using the <code>-platformpluginpath</code> command line option or the <code>QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH</code> environment variable might be another option, but Qt should pickup the plugin automatically when placed in the correct location.[/quote]

                  It is there, I copied everything beside the program executable. I believe it's in visible scope for linkage. The problem might be related to msvcrt .

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                    Chris Kawa
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                    qwindows.dll shouldn't be in the same dir as the executable. Put it in the platforms subdirectory.

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                      soroush
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                      [quote author="Krzysztof Kawa" date="1357310438"]qwindows.dll shouldn't be in the same dir as the executable. Put it in the platforms subdirectory.[/quote]
                      Ah my bad memory :P In fact I have had same problem with paths for mysql driver on windows... Now works fine.

                      Thank you

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                        MuldeR
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                        [quote author="Lukas Geyer" date="1357298812"]Did you deploy platform/qwindows.dll as well? (It will not show up in Dependency Walker).[/quote]

                        FWIW: DLL's that are loaded at runtime, like Plug-in DLL's, do show up in Dependency Walker, but only when you use the "profiling" feature. They of course cannot be found by only analyzing the static import tables...

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                          lgeyer
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                          Profiling never worked quite well for me (STATUS_STACK_BUFFER_OVERRUN and alike), but good to know. Thanks for sharing.

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                            ThomasAn
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                            Can you elaborate how this issue was fixed ?
                            You created a "platforms" directory inside your project folder and put the qwindows.dll in there ?

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                              Shuhard
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                              Looks like you have to create "platforms" directory in folder, were your program runs. For example, I have "debug" folder in my project, and I copied "platforms" directory there from "c:\Qt\Qt5.0.1\5.0.1\mingw47_32\plugins". This solved my problem.

                              Also you can copy other plugins if needed.

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                              • Chris KawaC Chris Kawa

                                qwindows.dll shouldn't be in the same dir as the executable. Put it in the platforms subdirectory.

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                                welmore
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                                @Chris-Kawa

                                Hi. I did as you said and it worked! thanks!
                                welmore

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