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I have recently reinstalled my Windows 7 64bit, and I was going through reinstalling my programs. They all seem to be working, except my Canon EOS Utility for my digital camera. From the error's I received, and checking out the event viewer, I can tell that it is a problem with .NET Framework. This program was fully functioning before the reinstall.

The second I run the program, it says that "EOS Utility Has Stopper Working"

I have uninstalled, reinstalled,repaired, and update the program, but nothing works. I have also run the .NET Framework repair utility

I Receive this error:

Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01:eos utility.exe
Problem Signature 02:2.8.1.0
Problem Signature 03:4b5fb8b5
Problem Signature 04:mscorlib
Problem Signature 05:2.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06:503f01b1
Problem Signature 07:20a4
Problem Signature 08:7
Problem Signature 09:N3CTRYE2KN3C34SGL4ZQYRBFTE4M13NB
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033

This is what Event Viewer says:

Log Name: Application
Source: EOS Utility
Date: 2/11/2013 2:06:16 PM
Event ID: 0
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: paul-HP
Description:
Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._SerializationInvoke(Object target, SignatureStruct& declaringTypeSig, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.SerializationInvoke(Object target, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.CompleteISerializableObject(Object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.FixupSpecialObject(ObjectHolder holder)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.DoFixups()
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.Deserialize(HeaderHandler handler, __BinaryParser serParser, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream, HeaderHandler handler, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage)
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.DeserializeObject(Int32 typeIndex)
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.LoadObjectV2(Int32 pos, ResourceTypeCode& typeCode)
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.LoadObject(Int32 pos)
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.ResourceEnumerator.get_Entry()
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.ResourceEnumerator.get_Current()
at System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager.FillResources(CultureInfo culture, ResourceSet& resourceSet)
at System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager.FillResources(CultureInfo culture, ResourceSet& resourceSet)
at System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager.ApplyResources(Object value, String objectName, CultureInfo culture)
at System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager.ApplyResources(Object value, String objectName)
at EOSUtility.Splash.InitializeComponent()
at EOSUtility.Splash..ctor()
at EOSUtility.MainMenu.createSplashWindow()
at EOSUtility.MainMenu..ctor()
at EOSUtility.Program.Main(String[] args)
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="EOS Utility" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">0</EventID>
<Level>3</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-02-11T19:06:16.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>5682</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>paul-HP</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._SerializationInvoke(Object target, SignatureStruct& declaringTypeSig, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.SerializationInvoke(Object target, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.CompleteISerializableObject(Object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.FixupSpecialObject(ObjectHolder holder)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.DoFixups()
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.Deserialize(HeaderHandler handler, __BinaryParser serParser, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream, HeaderHandler handler, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage)
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.DeserializeObject(Int32 typeIndex)
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.LoadObjectV2(Int32 pos, ResourceTypeCode& typeCode)
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.LoadObject(Int32 pos)
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.ResourceEnumerator.get_Entry()
at System.Resources.ResourceReader.ResourceEnumerator.get_Current()
at System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager.FillResources(CultureInfo culture, ResourceSet& resourceSet)
at System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager.FillResources(CultureInfo culture, ResourceSet& resourceSet)
at System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager.ApplyResources(Object value, String objectName, CultureInfo culture)
at System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager.ApplyResources(Object value, String objectName)
at EOSUtility.Splash.InitializeComponent()
at EOSUtility.Splash..ctor()
at EOSUtility.MainMenu.createSplashWindow()
at EOSUtility.MainMenu..ctor()
at EOSUtility.Program.Main(String[] args)</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

I have tried that, that was for Vista. This crashes without the camera even plugged in.

Just curious, since the OS was recently reinstalled, are the updates for Windows 7 including those for the .net framework completed to the most recent?

I have installed/uninstalled old .NET Frameworks, New .NET Frameworks, but nothing fixes the issue.

I really liked the way the Utility organized my photos, and the Windows Imaging is pretty limited in that aspect. Do you suggest another way of importing them?

After going back and forth with Canon through email, they couldn't figure it out. They asked me to call. I called 3 times, and got disconnected all 3 times after giving the rep all my info. Each time, I gave them a window to call me back. Nobody did. After being disconnected the 3rd time, I gave up.