Q. I can't even run the program at all. I get an error
message every time I try to run it. I get something like the following error:
The dynamic link library
mscoree.dll could not be found in the specified path.
The application failed to
initialize properly.
A. This probably means that you do not have
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed on your PC which mtsa requires. You can
download this Windows update from
Microsoft's
Windows Update website.
Q. Why do I need Microsoft .NET installed on my system to
run mtsa? And what exactly is Microsoft .NET?
A.
Excerpt from Wikipedia: The Microsoft .NET Framework is a component of
the Microsoft Windows operating system. It provides a large body of
pre-coded solutions to common program requirements, and manages the
execution of programs written specifically for the framework. The .NET
Framework is a key Microsoft offering, and is intended to be used by most
new applications created for the Windows platform.
The pre-coded solutions form the framework's class
library and cover a large range of programming needs in areas including the
user interface, data access, cryptography, numeric algorithms, and network
communications. The functions of the class library are used by programmers
who combine them with their own code to produce applications.
Q. I can run mtsa from a local drive, but why can't I
run the program from a network drive? I get something like the following error:
Unhandled Exception:
System.Security.SecurityException: Request for the permission of type
System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermission, mscorlib, Version=1.0.5000.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=xxxx failed.
The state of the failed permission was:
<IPermission class="System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermission, mscorlib,
Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=xxxx"
version="1"
Read="Path"/>
A. Actually, you can. By default, Microsoft prevents
some .NET
functions within .NET programs (such as mtsa) from running on network drives (the intranet zone) for security
reasons. The easiest way that I found around this is to run Microsoft's .NET
Framework Configuration Tool. (For the complete instructions from Microsoft
on how to do this, see
this site).
First, make sure that .NET 1.1 is installed on your
system as well as .NET 2.0. (In 2.0, this configuration
utility is available but only after you download the 350MB+ "Software
Development Kit" - or SDK - add-on to 2.0 from Microsoft
here). Note that it is okay to have both .NET 1.1 and 2.0 installed on
your system. Then...
On a
computer running Windows 2000 Professional, click Start,
point to Settings, and click Control Panel. Double-click
Administrative Tools. In the Administrative Tools window,
double-click Microsoft .NET Framework Configuration.
On a
computer running Windows XP Professional, click Start,
click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance,
and click Administrative Tools. In the Administrative Tools
window, double-click Microsoft .NET Framework Configuration.
On a
computer running Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 family,
click Start, point to Programs, and point to
Administrative Tools. Click Microsoft .NET Framework
Configuration.
Once you have the .NET Configuration 1.1 program open,
navigate to the LocalIntranet_Zone as shown in the picture. Change the
permission to "FullTrust". This should allow mtsa to run from a network
drive on your system.
