[Wesk18]

I'd like to first note that I researched this issue for hours on end and read through nearly every single thread regarding this issue and I still can't resolve it.

I had a working version previously for ISTA-D. I bought a new laptop and formatted it. I install C++ from 2005 - 2015 x86 and x64. I have Java 8 for x86 and x64. Patched Ediabas 7.3.0. .NET Framework 4.6.1 and 4.6.2.

I'm on Windows 7 Ultimate (same version I was on previously). Installed the Microsoft Primary Interoperabilitiy Assemblies 2005.

ISTA-D Standalone 4.01.21 gives me this error:

Failed To Start ISTA. Please Make Sure Your ISTA Configuration is Valid

I made sure to use RCleaner v4.4. I unzipped all the files with the latest version of 7zip.

The version I am trying to work with is 4.02.14.

I even backed up my old version of ISTA-D before I formatted the laptop and it won't work. It was previously working before the format.

I have all the SQliteDB files and they are unblocked.

Here's the error in the log.

2016-11-27 23:49:44 INFO [T] ISTA: [1] ConfigSettings.ConfigSettings() - called
2016-11-27 23:49:44 INFO [T] ISTA: [1] ConfigSettings.StoreAndLogChangedValue() - Change configuration "BMW.Rheingold.OperationalMode" from "ISTA" to "ISTA_PLUS" (read from "Configuration file").
2016-11-27 23:49:44 INFO [T] ISTA: [1] ConfigSettings.ConfigSettings() - OperationalMode is ISTA_PLUS
2016-11-27 23:49:44 INFO [T] ISTA: [1] ConfigSettings.StoreAndLogChangedValue() - Change configuration "BMW.Rheingold.Logging.Directory" from "" to "..\..\..\Logs" (read from "Configuration file").
2016-11-27 23:49:44 ERROR [T] ISTA: [1] App.App() - Failed to start ISTA: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'BMW.Rheingold.CoreFramework.CoreFramework' threw an exception. ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'RheingoldCoreBootstrap.dll' or one of its dependencies. The specified module could not be found.
at BMW.Rheingold.CoreFramework.CoreFramework..cctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at BMW.Rheingold.CoreFramework.CoreFramework.get_OSSModeActive()
at BMW.Rheingold.ISTAGUI.App..ctor()

I even tried running it as Admin.

Any ideas?

I had similar error message, but im not sure if this will help, make sure you are not blocking bmw in hosts file