“This application could not be started.” Only when the file is in system32 directory

Question

I wrote a little piece of software that downloads file from internet, that is, nothing more. My intentions are to use it thru the command line... It works great, but when I plac

Answer 1

This answer may not be applicable to the OP's problem (which has been solved anyway), but maybe for others who end up here due to a search on “This application could not be started" and System32. In my case I had written a screensaver program in C# that had to run 32-bit, and the solution was to install it in the Windows directory, not Windows\System32. Then it works OK on both 32- and 64-bit systems.