Cannot find SONARPDR.EXE

Hi,
 My OS is Windows 7, 64 bit edition, last night I installed an OS patch (some security update), today I when I tried to fire sonar as an administrator, I get a message saying 'Windows cannot find 'C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR X2 Producer\SONARPDR.EXE'.
Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.' If I try to invoke it as a normal user I get the following error message
basically saying the file is not compatible with my current version of windows and to check if I need an x86(32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program.

 
What is the best course of action now, should I uninstall and re-install the program?

Hi,
What do you mean by icon project? If you mean the projects that are listed by Sonar icon when I right click on the main sonar icon in the task bar, than I get the same compatibility issue message I mentioned earlier.

Try the following:
 

1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR X2 Producer\ within Windows Explorer
2. Right click on SONARPDR.EXE and select properties from the drop down menu
3. Click on the Compatibility tab
4. Enable the Checkbox under Compatibility mode "Run this program in compatibility mode for:"
5. Select Windows 7 from the dropdown list
6. Enable the "Run this program as an administrator" checkbox at the bottom (optional)
7. Click Apply, then OK.

 

This sounds like SONARDPR.exe has been corrupted.
 
The question is how it got corrupted... First I'd do a disk scan, and after that run a virus check.
 
After that, re-install SONAR X2.

Hi,
 
I did that too, still getting:
"C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR X2 Producer\SONARPDR.exe is not a valid Win32 application."
 
 

abacab
Try the following:
 

1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR X2 Producer\ within Windows Explorer

 

I would do this, and then just try to run the .exe by double clicking on it.  At least that would rule out whether it is just the shortcut that got corrupted.  If it runs here, then you just need to create a new shortcut.

Possibly a supporting MS runtime library problem. Or could be a corrupt installation.
Is the file actually in the location mentioned in the error message? It is probably quicker to reinstall Sonar without doing an uninstallation first. If your problem is a corrupt or missing file that will replace all installed files.

Do that first. Then let us know how you go.

It almost sounds like your Windows system was corrupted. You might try the windows file check:
sfc /scannow
 
That will attempt to repair any Windows files that have been corrupted. If nothing is corrupted, the sfc will finish reporting it didn't do anything. If it did fix things, you should have access back. Was the X2 installed as 64 bit or 32 bit? Windows 7 shouldn't have trouble with either. And X2 should be a perfectly fine app to run in Windows 7 64 bit.