Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Building Wireshark on Windows

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>]

David Ameiss wrote:
> What is the platform used by Wireshark to build the "official" 32- and 
> 64-bit Windows versions? I've followed the instructions given at 
> http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSetupWin32.html, on 
> Windows 7 using VS 2010EE (which seem to be the recommended platform). 
> Builds fine, runs fine on Window 7. But on XP and Vista (at least), 
> running the generated Wireshark installer works fine, but trying to run 
> Wireshark always results in "Wireshark is not a valid Win32 Application."
>
> I've included the proper redistributable (for VS2010EE SP1, in this 
> case), and I can see it run at installation time. But Wireshark won't run.
>
> I'm not sure what I'm missing. Is Windows7/VS2010EE not the appropriate 
> combination to build on for XP and Vista?

I don't know what should or shouldn't work, but the official builds are 
built on:

Win32: Windows XP
Win64: Windows 7

You can check information about the build servers on the buildbot page:

http://buildbot.wireshark.org/trunk/waterfall