OWB 11gr2 32Bit on Windows Server 2008 R2 64Bit Error 0xC0000018

Question

Hi there.
I had install Oracle Warehouse Builder g11 R2 32 Bit version on a Windows Server 2008 R2 64 Bit version.
After the install, my setowbenv.bat looks like:
@echo off
REM This file is automatically generated from shiphome/owb/bin/win32/owbEnv.ctl
REM Any manual changes will be lost on next generation.
set JAVAPATH=..\..\..\jdk
set ORACLE_HOME=C:\product\11.2.0\dbhome_2
set OWB_HOME=C:\product\11.2.0\dbhome_2
set JDK_HOME=..\..\..\jdk
set ORA_HOME=C:\product\11.2.0\dbhome_2
set OEM_HOME=C:\product\11.2.0\dbhome_2
set IAS_HOME=C:\product\11.2.0\dbhome_2
set OWBCC_HOME=C:\product\11.2.0\dbhome_2
set CLASSPATH=Personalities.jar;%MIMB_JAR%;
set CLASSPATH_LAUNCHER=-classpath %CLASSPATH%;..\admin\;..\admin\launcher.jar -D OWB_HOME=%OWB_HOME% -D JDK_HOME=%JDK_HOME% -D SYSTEMROOT=%SystemRoot% -D ORA_HOME=%ORA_HOME% -D OEM_HOME=%OEM_HOME% -D IAS_HOME=%IAS_HOME% -Doracle.net.tns_admin=%ORA_HOME%\network\admin Launcher ..\admin\owb.classpath cd /d ..\admin
And if I start the Warehouse Builder - Design Center, I get an error message something like:
owb.exe - Application error
<The Application couldn't start correctly (0xc0000018). Click to "OK" to close the application.> (translated from german)
Can someone help me?
What did I do wrong?
Is there any work around?
Thanks a lot.
hakki

Answer 1

Hi Deb
With the code that's out today I don't think the compatibility mode works, from what I can read from users' experencies on LinkedIn discussions.
Customers have used Windows XP mode for Windows 7 (for example), this installs a Windows XP virtual machine in which you can install and run OWB 11gR2 on your Windows 7 (64-bit) workstation. Windows XP mode can be downloaded from:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx
You should also increase your XP mode virtual machine memory (RAM) allocation to at least 1GB for it to perform at an acceptable level. This will get you going until there is a better option.
Cheers
David