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ahnmaru78
January 3rd, 2007, 10:27
Hello, Members.

I am a newbie for Olly debugger.
Sometimes, i got the error message below when i try to debug a file with olly
debugger.

"Unable to start file"[the file name to be debugged.]"

Do you know why i got it?

Please, teach me why and don't beat me.
Thank you and Have a nice day

naides
January 3rd, 2007, 12:34
1. does the file start without Olly??

2. Multiple explanations: Olly does not debug 16 bit applications. If your "not start files" are old MZ 16 bit DOS or Windows) apps, Olly complains.

3. Perhaps the files have anti-debug devices??

LLXX
January 3rd, 2007, 13:25
Requirements, search (http://www.woodmann.com/forum/search.php), etc. You know the deal.

SiGiNT
January 3rd, 2007, 15:20
Hmm.. never seen that error, usually the soft burps a system error and exits.

SiGiNT

ZaiRoN
January 3rd, 2007, 16:57
We are reversers or not???
If you want an answer the most simplest way is to debug Ollydbg looking for the error message. It's pretty easy to find out where the error occours.
If you are a newbie you can learn something new otherwise take it as a relaxing exercise

Jhudora
January 8th, 2007, 03:35
I am also having this problem. I have tried many different .exe files, including Ollydbg itself.. .both versions 1.10 and 1.09 and I have yet to be able to open a single file. Every time I get the error saying "unable to start file .. "

Is there a way to fix this?

naides
January 8th, 2007, 08:04
Jhudora: What is your OS?

I don't think Olly works in x64 environments.

Jhudora
January 8th, 2007, 09:43
I'm running XP. .. is there something similar to Olly for XP? =\

naides
January 8th, 2007, 09:52
Olly works fine in 32 bit windows XP. [I]f you do not have x64 windows then the problem is somewhere else. Do you have another computer?
Try there.
Try a virtual machine.
Think about file permissions, work as an Administrator

Jhudora
January 8th, 2007, 10:38
I log in as the owner so I think I have full permissions for accessing files.. I don't have another machine nor do I know how to run a virtual machine.. Any ideas what the error usually typifies?