unhandled win32 exception in [hg update] = 2884

[pascal.quantin at free.fr]

Hi,
----- "Martin Geisler" <mg at daimi.au.dk> a écrit :

> "Zorba" <cr at altmore.co.uk> writes:
> 
> Hi Zorba,
> 
> > is the advice likely to be "re-install the latest version and cross
> > your fingers" ?
> >
> > I can see how this might work actually, if Visual Studio update has
> > over-written DLLs that Hg relied on, re-installing will revert them
> > back I guess...
> >
> > If reinstalling I would prefer to be installing TortoiseHg 0.6
> (with
> > Mercurial 1.1.2), as I would like to try Tortoise.
> 
> I don't know why you're getting the Microsoft Visual Studio error, but
> I
> would try installing TortoiseHg.

There are some known issues with the latest installer provided by Lee Cantey (see issues 1148 and 1453 for details).
You could also try my custom installer (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7HEC83A4) to see if it helps (at least it solved the issues reported).

Regards,
Pascal.