Can't open PKHEX

[louischau]

When I open the PKHeX, Error message pops up

"""

Exception Details:
System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'PKHeX.WinForms.Main' threw an exception.
 ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'PKHeX.Drawing.PokeSprite, Version=25.6.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'PKHeX.Drawing.PokeSprite, Version=25.6.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'
   at PKHeX.WinForms.PKHeXSettings..ctor()
   at PKHeX.WinForms.PKHeXSettings.GetSettings(String configPath)
   at PKHeX.WinForms.Main..cctor()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunFromThreadPoolDispatchLoop(Thread threadPoolThread, ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ExecuteWithThreadLocal(Task& currentTaskSlot, Thread threadPoolThread)
   at PKHeX.WinForms.Main.FormLoadConfig(Boolean& BAKprompt, Boolean& showChangelog)
   at PKHeX.WinForms.Main.FormLoadInitialSettings(IEnumerable`1 args, Boolean& showChangelog, Boolean& BAKprompt)
   at PKHeX.WinForms.Main..ctor()
   at PKHeX.WinForms.Program.Main()

Loaded Assemblies:
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System.Private.CoreLib, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Private.CoreLib.dll

PKHeX, Version=25.6.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
C:\Users\Louis\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PKHeX\3bswyR3JTjcBTZJGEv+CV5rkyX7OQH0=\PKHeX.dll

System.Runtime, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Runtime.dll

System.Windows.Forms, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\9.0.4\System.Windows.Forms.dll

System.ComponentModel.Primitives, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll

System.Windows.Forms.Primitives, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\9.0.4\System.Windows.Forms.Primitives.dll

System.Private.Windows.Core, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\9.0.4\System.Private.Windows.Core.dll

System.Drawing.Primitives, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Drawing.Primitives.dll

System.Collections.Specialized, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Collections.Specialized.dll

System.Threading.Thread, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Threading.Thread.dll

System.Collections, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Collections.dll

System.Runtime.InteropServices, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll

System.Threading, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Threading.dll

System.Drawing.Common, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\9.0.4\System.Drawing.Common.dll

Microsoft.Win32.Primitives, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\Microsoft.Win32.Primitives.dll

System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll

Accessibility, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\9.0.4\Accessibility.dll

System.ComponentModel, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.ComponentModel.dll

System.Resources.Extensions, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\9.0.4\System.Resources.Extensions.dll

System.Memory, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Memory.dll

System.Drawing, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\9.0.4\System.Drawing.dll

System.Numerics.Vectors, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Numerics.Vectors.dll

Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\9.0.4\Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents.dll

System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll

PKHeX.Core, Version=25.6.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
C:\Users\Louis\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PKHeX\3bswyR3JTjcBTZJGEv+CV5rkyX7OQH0=\PKHeX.Core.dll

System.Linq, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Linq.dll

System.Collections.Concurrent, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Collections.Concurrent.dll

System.Collections.NonGeneric, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll

System.Text.Json, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Text.Json.dll

System.Text.Encodings.Web, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Text.Encodings.Web.dll

System.Text.Encoding.Extensions, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll

System.Runtime.Intrinsics, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Runtime.Intrinsics.dll

System.Diagnostics.StackTrace, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Diagnostics.StackTrace.dll

System.Reflection.Metadata, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Reflection.Metadata.dll

System.Collections.Immutable, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\9.0.4\System.Collections.Immutable.dll

--------------------
User Message:
An error occurred in PKHeX. Please report this error to the PKHeX author.
PKHeX must now close.
"""

 

What should I do?

[Kaphotics]

Extract the executable, don't run it from a zip.

Try re-launching the program. It should be able to unpack itself with all the necessary DLL files.

[louischau]

I extracted and run the program, but still the error message pops up

[Kaphotics]

Try the development build, which provides them all as separate files:

https://projectpokemon.org/pkhex-dev/