BadImageFormatException for a 64-bit ASP MVC web application

Updated on Thursday, September 30, 2021

System.BadImageFormatException for a 64-bit web application in IIS Express

I converted an ASP.NET MVC web application to 64-bit in order to use dlib and it immediately died with a System.BadImageFormatException (Could not load file or assembly 'xxx' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.)

Assuming I must have a stray wrong-bittedness something lying around I spent way to long with the assembly binding log viewer (Fuslogvw.exe) trying to figure out what I had messed up. But eventually I realized that Visual Studio was launching a 32-bit version of IIS Express to debug a 64-bit web application.

To fix this select Options from the Tools menu, expand Projects and Solutions, choose Web Projects and then check Use the 64-bit version of IIS Express forĀ  web sites and projects. Problem solved.

(Probably shouldn't have this component in the web application - the plan longer term is to move it to an asynchronous process somewhere instead.)

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(Published to the Fediverse as: BadImageFormatException for a 64-bit ASP MVC web application #code #asp.net #microsoft #32-bit #64-bit Visual Studio will try to use the 32-bit version of IIS Express to launch a 64-bit web application. Here's how to fix this problem by telling Visual Studio to use 64-bit IIS Express instead. )

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Ehsan Haghpanah

really thanks for your precious help. your post is a life saver

Tolga

That was a life saver! I would have never found that on my own. Thank you very much!

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