[SOLVED] Qt - This application failed to start because it could not find or load the qt platform plugin windows

hskoglund

Hi, Qt Creator itself is built using MSVC2010 32bit, since your Qt Creator works your msvcr100.dll should be alright.

Try building a new, empty Qt Widgets app, do you still get that platform plugin error when your start it from Qt Creator?

valeSimu

new project without ogre, it works, no error!

hskoglund

Good news! But what about your old project with the platform plugin error, is that also Qt Widget flavored? Perhaps with an older Qt version?

valeSimu

In the old project, Ogre is a widget or plugin I think (I didn't code it!)...the error is still there :-(

hskoglund

Googled the Ogre, it's a 3d graphics plugin for Qt4 but now you are on Qt5 :-(
Here's some google'd info "on how to upgrade to Qt5":http://advancingusability.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/how-to-integrate-ogre3d-into-a-qt5-qml-scene/

sierdzio

hskoglund that is some impressive troubleshooting you have done there! Congratulations! :-)

valeSimu

The one who coded the project, used the same environment that I have...

hskoglund

sierdzio Thanks, Qt is good stuff. I remember when I started with Qt last year, posted my first question here (-IGL in Ubuntu 12.10) and you answered and helped me.

valeSimu hmmm, if he had the same environment, did he have the same platform plugin error? Or perhaps the environment got upgraded?

valeSimu

He doesn t have errors and I don't think the environment got upgraded...or maybe I can verify...do you know how?

hskoglund

Hi, does he also have Qt 5.2.1 and MSVC2010 32bit? If so, maybe he also have Qt4 installed...

valeSimu

we have exactely the same environmnet

Qt Creator 3.0.1
Qt 5.2.1
MSVC 2010 32 bit

JKSH

[quote author="valeSimu" date="1398410124"]we have exactely the same environmnet

Qt Creator 3.0.1
Qt 5.2.1
MSVC 2010 32 bit[/quote]Hi,

I think you are only looking at the version of Qt that is used to build the Qt Creator IDE. This is not the version of Qt used to build your projects.

You want to look in Tools -> Options... -> Build & Run -> Kits

valeSimu

I solved the problem by folowing this link:

http://falsinsoft.blogspot.ch/2013/09/qt-5-and-failed-to-load-platform-plugin.html

Thank you to everyone!