KB-1836 Data server fails to start with "An application has made an attempt to load the C runtime library incorrectly." error

Symptoms

The data server fails to start up and with the following error:  

An application has made an attempt to load the C runtime library incorrectly. 

Following dialogue box is displayed on the screen:

Cause

This error presents itself when there is an older version of msvcrt.dll in the path which causes the Q executable to fail. 

Action

Remove the msvcrt.dll file from the path and attempt to restart the data server. 

Affected Versions

This article applies to Appian 18.1 and later.

Last Reviewed: January 2019

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