[Qt-creator] Cannot debug GUI apps on Windows XP (wxvault.dll woes)

[Alfred Gebert]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Robert Caldecott
<robert.caldecott at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, I found the problem - a package called 'Embassy Security Center'
> by 'Wave Systems'.  This comes pre-installed on most Dell's.  Instead
> of uninstalling it (which I'm told will cause me a lot of grief) I
> stopped the wxvault.dll being loaded with other DLLs by editing
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Windows\AppInit_DLLs
> (the DLL was in this list).  Removing it makes gdb play nicely.
>

I had the same issue with QT Creator 1.3 beta and CDB debugger. I have Dell too.

I removed wxvault.dll from AppInit_DLLs in the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
and now it works too.

Alfred