Idealpos 8.0 Error Logging in as Admin Where Idealpos 9.0 Previously Installed

"Could Not Load File or Assembly" error

Example of error on screen and in IPSError.log when logging in as Admin under an Idealpos 8.0 build on a machine where Idealpos 9.0 has previously been installed (a more recent example has "Version=9.0.0.5" in the error message) :

 

20240430 10:02:02.344    0h 55m 24s   Support.GetTenantID on Line: 102 Error: -2146234304 - Could not load file or assembly 'IdealPosLicensingLocal, Version=9.0.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5adf46cc9f0e6c6' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040) -2146234304-Could not load file or assembly 'IdealPosLicensingLocal, Version=9.0.0.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5adf46cc9f0e6c6' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040) 

 

Resolution :

Re-installing Idealpos 8.0 Framework and Build appears to resolve the problem (observed twice by author).