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  • Axel SpoerlA Offline
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    Please post the full cmake and ninja output.

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    The Qt Company, Oslo

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      Seem likely that the run time environment for the application does not include Qt6 DLLs (i.e. on the process PATH or in the same directory as the EXE).

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        Please post the full cmake and ninja output.

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        @Axel-Spoerl
        CMake output:

        "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\CLion 2024.3.1.1\bin\cmake\win\x64\bin\cmake.exe" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug "-DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=C:/Program Files/JetBrains/CLion 2024.3.1.1/bin/ninja/win/x64/ninja.exe" -G Ninja -S C:\Users\[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS -B C:\Users\[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug
        -- The C compiler identification is GNU 11.2.0
        -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 11.2.0
        -- Detecting C compiler ABI info
        -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
        -- Check for working C compiler: C:/Qt/Tools/mingw1120_64/bin/gcc.exe - skipped
        -- Detecting C compile features
        -- Detecting C compile features - done
        -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
        -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
        -- Check for working CXX compiler: C:/Qt/Tools/mingw1120_64/bin/c++.exe - skipped
        -- Detecting CXX compile features
        -- Detecting CXX compile features - done
        -- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD
        -- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD - Success
        -- Found Threads: TRUE
        -- Performing Test HAVE_STDATOMIC
        -- Performing Test HAVE_STDATOMIC - Success
        -- Found WrapAtomic: TRUE
        -- Could NOT find WrapVulkanHeaders (missing: Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIR) 
        -- Configuring done (7.8s)
        -- Generating done (0.4s)
        -- Build files have been written to: C:/Users/[MyUsrName]/CLionProjects/CPS/cmake-build-debug
        
        [Previous CMake output restored: 01.05.2025 21:51]
        

        I know it has been restored from yesterday, but since I didn't change anything, it should be fine.

        Ninja output:

        ====================[ Build | CPS | Debug ]=====================================
        "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\CLion 2024.3.1.1\bin\cmake\win\x64\bin\cmake.exe" --build C:\Users\[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug --target CPS -j 14
        [1/4] Automatic MOC and UIC for target CPS
        [2/3] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/CPS.dir/main.cpp.obj
        [3/3] Linking CXX executable CPS.exe
        
        Build finished
        

        I'm not 100% sure if that above is the ninja output, correct me if I'm wrong.

        Also, I replaced every apperance of my Username with "[MyUsrName]".

        @ChrisW67 You mean my installation of Qt is incomplete?
        Anyways here are the components I installed:
        Screenshot 2025-05-02 103506.png

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        • Christian EhrlicherC Online
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          Check if all dependencies can be found via a dependency checker

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          • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

            Check if all dependencies can be found via a dependency checker

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            @Christian-Ehrlicher I checked it and every dependency can be found

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              Also make sure the correct one (from your Qt installation, not from QtCreator directory) are loaded.

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              • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

                Also make sure the correct one (from your Qt installation, not from QtCreator directory) are loaded.

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                @Christian-Ehrlicher the correct one is used.

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                  @Christian-Ehrlicher the correct one is used.

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                  @HQ2000 said in Qt6 Widgets Application not working, exit code -1073741511:

                  the correct one is used.

                  Then you would not get this crash. Start in a debugger and see what dlls are loaded and at which dll it is crashing.

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                  • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

                    @HQ2000 said in Qt6 Widgets Application not working, exit code -1073741511:

                    the correct one is used.

                    Then you would not get this crash. Start in a debugger and see what dlls are loaded and at which dll it is crashing.

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                    @Christian-Ehrlicher do you have an example which one? With the standard CLion debug config I get the exit code -1
                    here are the loaded DLLs:

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                      I would either start gdb from the command line or in visual studio - esp. in Visual Studio the debugger panel shows what dlls are loaded when in a nice view. Never used CLion.

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                        @Christian-Ehrlicher
                        Here are the DLLs:

                        • C:\Users[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug\Qt6Core.dll
                        • C:\Users[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug\Qt6Widgets.dll
                        • C:\Qt\6.9.0\mingw_64\bin\libgcc_s_seh-1.dll
                        • C:\Qt\6.9.0\mingw_64\bin\libstdc++-6.dll
                        • C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
                        • C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCRT.dll

                        I looked up every single one and they're all available.

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                          Hi, another option to show what DLLs an .exe has loaded is to run ListDLLs start a CMD and type listdlls CPS

                          P.S. Sometimes a 3rd party antivirus can cause that error 0xC0000139, so if you have one running, try disabling it.

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                            @Christian-Ehrlicher
                            Here are the DLLs:

                            • C:\Users[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug\Qt6Core.dll
                            • C:\Users[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug\Qt6Widgets.dll
                            • C:\Qt\6.9.0\mingw_64\bin\libgcc_s_seh-1.dll
                            • C:\Qt\6.9.0\mingw_64\bin\libstdc++-6.dll
                            • C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
                            • C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCRT.dll

                            I looked up every single one and they're all available.

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                            @HQ2000 said in Qt6 Widgets Application not working, exit code -1073741511:

                            C:\Users[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug\Qt6Core.dll
                            C:\Users[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug\Qt6Widgets.dll

                            Your CMakeLists.txt lists:

                            find_package(Qt6 COMPONENTS
                                    Core
                                    Gui
                                    Widgets
                                    REQUIRED)
                            

                            So is there not at least a Qt6Gui.dll also required?

                            I don't know any more than: somewhere you are messed up in what you have built, where you have placed it and what is required. And I do not use Windows or MinGW.

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                              @HQ2000 said in Qt6 Widgets Application not working, exit code -1073741511:

                              C:\Users[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug\Qt6Core.dll
                              C:\Users[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug\Qt6Widgets.dll

                              Your CMakeLists.txt lists:

                              find_package(Qt6 COMPONENTS
                                      Core
                                      Gui
                                      Widgets
                                      REQUIRED)
                              

                              So is there not at least a Qt6Gui.dll also required?

                              I don't know any more than: somewhere you are messed up in what you have built, where you have placed it and what is required. And I do not use Windows or MinGW.

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                              @JonB said in Qt6 Widgets Application not working, exit code -1073741511:

                              C:\Users[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug\Qt6Core.dll
                              C:\Users[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug\Qt6Widgets.dll

                              Why are the dlls there? Where do they come from? Normally they are used from the PATH env var.

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                              • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

                                @JonB said in Qt6 Widgets Application not working, exit code -1073741511:

                                C:\Users[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug\Qt6Core.dll
                                C:\Users[MyUsrName]\CLionProjects\CPS\cmake-build-debug\Qt6Widgets.dll

                                Why are the dlls there? Where do they come from? Normally they are used from the PATH env var.

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                                @Christian-Ehrlicher I agree. I was just quoting from the OP's post. We know the OP really needs to sort out what they have where.

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                                  @JonB
                                  @Christian-Ehrlicher
                                  Since you both haven't worked with CLion and Qt so far (I guess), let me clarify some things:

                                  1. Qt6Gui is required as a standard (you can change that of course) if you use CLion with Qt, so it is available for but not required by the sample program since none of its functionality is used.
                                  2. The DLLs are there because because of the "find_package" command in the CMakeLists.txt file.

                                  I tried to run it with gdb as @Christian-Ehrlicher told me and I was able to run it with any problems...

                                  @hskoglund
                                  I tried it...same error

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                                    @JonB
                                    @Christian-Ehrlicher
                                    Since you both haven't worked with CLion and Qt so far (I guess), let me clarify some things:

                                    1. Qt6Gui is required as a standard (you can change that of course) if you use CLion with Qt, so it is available for but not required by the sample program since none of its functionality is used.
                                    2. The DLLs are there because because of the "find_package" command in the CMakeLists.txt file.

                                    I tried to run it with gdb as @Christian-Ehrlicher told me and I was able to run it with any problems...

                                    @hskoglund
                                    I tried it...same error

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                                    @HQ2000 said in Qt6 Widgets Application not working, exit code -1073741511:

                                    The DLLs are there because because of the "find_package" command in the CMakeLists.txt file.

                                    No, find_package() does not copy anything.

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                                      Hello everyone!

                                      I'm trying to get into programming with Qt6 on desktop using Qt Widgets and I have run into a problem: Whenever I build and run my code, I get the following output:

                                      Process finished with exit code -1073741511 (0xC0000139)
                                      

                                      Of course, mostly that's due to an incorrect setup up, but I have previously managed to successfully run the sample Qt program provided by the IDE. I checked the tutorial I used for the setup and it seems like it should work - but it doesn't.

                                      -- Additional Information --

                                      • Tutorial I used
                                      • OS: Windows 11 Home
                                      • IDE: CLion 2025.1
                                      • Build System: CMake (+ ninja)
                                      • Qt Installation: 6.9.0
                                      • Qt Directory: C:\Qt
                                      • Project Name: CPS
                                      • CMakeLists.txt file:
                                      cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.31)
                                      project(CPS)
                                      
                                      set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
                                      set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
                                      set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
                                      set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
                                      
                                      set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "C:/Qt/6.9.0/mingw_64")
                                      
                                      find_package(Qt6 COMPONENTS
                                              Core
                                              Gui
                                              Widgets
                                              REQUIRED)
                                      
                                      add_executable(CPS main.cpp)
                                      target_link_libraries(CPS
                                              Qt::Core
                                              Qt::Gui
                                              Qt::Widgets
                                      )
                                      
                                      if (WIN32 AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
                                          set(DEBUG_SUFFIX)
                                          if (MSVC AND CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Debug")
                                              set(DEBUG_SUFFIX "d")
                                          endif ()
                                          set(QT_INSTALL_PATH "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}")
                                          if (NOT EXISTS "${QT_INSTALL_PATH}/bin")
                                              set(QT_INSTALL_PATH "${QT_INSTALL_PATH}/..")
                                              if (NOT EXISTS "${QT_INSTALL_PATH}/bin")
                                                  set(QT_INSTALL_PATH "${QT_INSTALL_PATH}/..")
                                              endif ()
                                          endif ()
                                          if (EXISTS "${QT_INSTALL_PATH}/plugins/platforms/qwindows${DEBUG_SUFFIX}.dll")
                                              add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} POST_BUILD
                                                      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory
                                                      "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${PROJECT_NAME}>/plugins/platforms/")
                                              add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} POST_BUILD
                                                      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
                                                      "${QT_INSTALL_PATH}/plugins/platforms/qwindows${DEBUG_SUFFIX}.dll"
                                                      "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${PROJECT_NAME}>/plugins/platforms/")
                                          endif ()
                                          foreach (QT_LIB Core Gui Widgets)
                                              add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} POST_BUILD
                                                      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
                                                      "${QT_INSTALL_PATH}/bin/Qt6${QT_LIB}${DEBUG_SUFFIX}.dll"
                                                      "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${PROJECT_NAME}>")
                                          endforeach (QT_LIB)
                                      endif ()
                                      

                                      Note: the CMake "code" at the end isn't directly relevant, it's standard since this isn't Qt creator.

                                      • main.cpp file:
                                      #include <QApplication>
                                      #include <QPushButton>
                                      
                                      int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                          QApplication a(argc, argv);
                                          QPushButton button("Hello world!", nullptr);
                                          button.resize(200, 100);
                                          button.show();
                                          return QApplication::exec();
                                      }
                                      

                                      Note: this the unchanged example project which is working under correct circumtances.

                                      Potential Errors
                                      • Path variable: I added "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw64\bin" and "C:\Qt\6.9.0\mingw_64\bin" to the System Path variable
                                      • CMake Prefix Path: Set correctly, see Qt path and CMakeLists.txt file

                                      If there's a piece of information I missed, tell me and I will add it.

                                      Thanks in advance
                                      HQ2000

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                                      @Christian-Ehrlicher you're right, it's done here
                                      @HQ2000 said in Qt6 Widgets Application not working, exit code -1073741511:

                                       foreach (QT_LIB Core Gui Widgets)
                                               add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} POST_BUILD
                                                       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
                                                       "${QT_INSTALL_PATH}/bin/Qt6${QT_LIB}${DEBUG_SUFFIX}.dll"
                                                       "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${PROJECT_NAME}>")
                                        endforeach (QT_LIB)
                                      
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                                        @Christian-Ehrlicher you're right, it's done here
                                        @HQ2000 said in Qt6 Widgets Application not working, exit code -1073741511:

                                         foreach (QT_LIB Core Gui Widgets)
                                                 add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} POST_BUILD
                                                         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
                                                         "${QT_INSTALL_PATH}/bin/Qt6${QT_LIB}${DEBUG_SUFFIX}.dll"
                                                         "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${PROJECT_NAME}>")
                                          endforeach (QT_LIB)
                                        
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                                        @HQ2000
                                        So purely OOI could you comment on why that foreach has not copied Qt6Gui.dll as I asked earlier? However you say you know it works without that, somehow.

                                        Confirm you are not building your project for debug?

                                        Remove everything on your PATH environment variable so we know it is not picking something up somewhere?

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                                          Don't do this. Adjust your PATH env var accordingly and use windeployqt when you want to deploy your app. Your are missing dll and plugins

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