Let me start with my basic questions, then below I will add some features and history. I was engaged in research, but it seemed that I could not combine them. Please ask for clarification before voting for me.
My questions:
Why does the Windows Store app launch and run locally on my 64-bit Win 8.1 and my 32-bit (Atom) Win 8.1 tablet, but not for other users?
When I get a dump file from a Windows Store certification failure, how can I get debugging symbols to work, so I see more problems?
When I create "Release" mode, does it really put characters in .pdb files? And are the characters indexed?
Here's the story:
I developed a small game as a universal application, Win Phone and Windows Store. The Win Phone version is in the store, loading and working fine.
The Windows Store version is having problems.
It works on my machine, Win 8.1 64bit. It works on my tablet, Win 8.1 Atom, which I install via Remote Debug from Visual Studio. He passes the certification of applications here on my box. But when I submit the package to the Windows Store, it fails, and the report says that it crashes at startup. (Somehow, the first appx package was released in the store, and then they replied that it crashed, so some users say that the application does not load.)
So, I load the debug data and open the .dmp file. I get exception code 0xC000027B
Digging on the Internet, I find this to be a “Language Exception”, and is a common mistake, indicating that the error was unhandled. The following articles ( http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2014/01/13/debugging-a-windows-8-1-store-app-crash-dump.aspx )
I am trying to download characters for my application to see if this helps. I added the folder for my application to the local symbol cache folder (c: \ symbols \ myApp \ 1.3.0.7), thinking that Visual studio will pick them up and copy the .exe, .dll and .pdb files from the apx package that I sent to the store but still get the following messages:
'WER38D7.tmp.dmp' (Minidump): Loaded '* CryptoQuoteW8cs.exe'. The module was built without characters.
'WER38D7.tmp.dmp' (CLR v4.0.30319 :): Loaded '* CryptoQuoteW8cs.exe'. No matches found.
'WER38D7.tmp.dmp' (CLR v4.0.30319 :): Loaded '* CryptoLogic.DLL'. No matches found.
An initial exception was detected at runtime. See $ Stowedexception in the Watch window for initial exception information.
So, I am at a loss. How to make the application work? What mistake keeps him up? Why does it work and pass certification at the local level, but not in the store? How can I find out? I've been all over Bing and Microsoft, and maybe I just wasn't looking for the right things. Please, help!
Edit:
From the airbag, I get this call stack.
combase!RoFailFastWithErrorContextInternal2(HRESULT hrError = 0xaaaaaaaa, unsigned long cStowedExceptions = 0xaaaaaaaa, struct _STOWED_EXCEPTION_INFORMATION_V2 ** aStowedExceptionPointers = 0xaaaaaaaa)+0x10a [d:\blue_gdr\com\combase\winrt\error\error.cpp @ 1035] combase!RoFailFastWithErrorContextInternal(HRESULT hrError = 0xaaaaaaaa, unsigned long cStowedExceptions = 0xaaaaaaaa, struct _STOWED_EXCEPTION_INFORMATION_V1 ** aStowedExceptionPointers = 0xaaaaaaaa)+0x10b [d:\blue_gdr\com\combase\winrt\error\error.cpp @ 948] kernel32!BaseThreadInitThunk+0xe ntdll!__RtlUserThreadStart+0x20 ntdll!_RtlUserThreadStart+0x1b