[DELPHI 11] Runtime error 236

[gioma 19]

I have a big problem, I can no longer open Delphi 11, I get this error:

 

Runtime error 236 at 2C800AAA

 

[Brandon Staggs 278]

Temporarily remove dclemsedge (whatever that is) and see if that gets you past the problem. Then you have to figure out why it's crashing when the IDE is loading the dll.

[Remy Lebeau 1396]

Did you make any changes to your setup recently?

 

A search online suggests that Runtime Error 236 might be related to a mismatch between dependent package binaries.

 

A search though the RTL source code suggests that Runtime Error 236 means the System.TMonitor class is crashing because its underlying support system is not initialized.

[gioma 19]

the problem is that Delphi doesn't start up, how can I solve it?

[Brandon Staggs 278]

8 hours ago, gioma said:

the problem is that Delphi doesn't start up, how can I solve it?

Why not start with my suggestion of removing the offending package? Just move the file so Delphi won't find it. You can also remove it from the package list with the registry editor but just removing the bpl file would be fastest.

[corneliusdavid 214]

For what it's worth, I've been using Delphi 10.4, 11, and 12 and just the other day, I encountered this exact same problem with Delphi 11, runtime error 236. I did a quick internet search and landed here, so tried the suggestion of removing things, except I went to the Registry and deleted entries from "Software\Embarcadero\BDS\22.0\Known Packages". Since I don't do any repository management from within the IDE, I deleted anything to do with SVN, Mercurial, and Git  (about 6 entries, I think) and restarted Delphi 11 just fine.

[corneliusdavid 214]

Strangely enough, I just also ran into this with Delphi 10.4 but had much less success. I tried disabling several packages but to no avail. In desperation, I tried to reinstall Delphi 10.4; it uninstalled it fine but when it started re-installing got an error trying to write a style file in the "Public Documents" folder. I thought this was very strange, especially since there is plenty of space and a quick test proved I could create a text file, modify it, and delete it just fine. Rebooted the computer--still no go.

 

I have Delphi 10.4 still installed and working on my laptop, so at least I have that as a backup but this is concerning. I don't think it's a Delphi problem but won't have time to research further until next week.