ServiceBase service error 193:0xc1 on Windows XP

Question

I have a service that I\'ve built using the C# ServiceBase class. It works when I run it in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008; however, it doesn\'t work on Windows XP.

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Answer 1

You must have compiled your exe either for .Net 4.5 or for 64-bit architecture (or both). This is the explanation of error code you run into from WinError.h:

// %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
//
#define ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT             193L

Make sure you have compiled it for x86 platform or Any CPU, and whatever version of .Net Framework you compiled against is installed on the machine.