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I have recently started using Squish for an application I made with Qt.

After installing it I was able to run some tests on the application, but now I am getting an error as shown below:

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The Runner/Server log shows:

S Squish tools: [2025-11-02T08:18:20.359+0330] 08:18:20:359 Info: Connection from 127.0.0.1:2429.
S Squish tools: [2025-11-02T08:18:20.447+0330] 08:18:20:447 Info: Connection to 127.0.0.1:2429 closed.
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:20.695+0330] 2025-11-02T08:18:20   START       Start 'appstarter'              Test 'appstarter' started
S Squish tools: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.730+0330] 08:18:22:730 Info: Connection from 127.0.0.1:2431.
S Squish tools: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.744+0330] 08:18:22:743 Info: Starting AUT 'viewer_client_desktop' with wrappers Qt: C:\Program Files\Squish for Windows 9.1.0\bin\dllpreload.exe C:\Users\a.ghezelbash\Desktop\vms_client_desktop\viewer_client_desktop.exe
S Squish tools: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.745+0330] 08:18:22:745 Warning: Could not start AUT 'viewer_client_desktop': The system cannot find the file specified.

R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.747+0330] 2025-11-02T08:18:22   FATAL       Starting application            Application 'viewer_client_desktop' could not be started. An error occurred while starting the AUT.
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.748+0330] 2025-11-02T08:18:22   END         End of test                     Giving up after error
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.749+0330] *******************************************************
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.749+0330] Summary:
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.749+0330] Number of Test Cases:    0
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.749+0330] Number of Tests:     0
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.750+0330] Number of Errors:    0
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.750+0330] Number of Fatals:    1
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.750+0330] Number of Fails:     0
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.751+0330] Number of Passes:    0
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.751+0330] Number of Expected Fails:    0
S Squish tools: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.752+0330] 08:18:22:751 Info: Connection to 127.0.0.1:2431 closed.
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.752+0330] Number of Unexpected Passes:     0
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.752+0330] Number of Warnings:      0
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.753+0330] *******************************************************
R: [2025-11-02T08:18:22.765+0330] squishrunner exited with value -1, started with arguments: [C:\Program Files\Squish for Windows 9.1.0\bin\squishrunner.exe, --host, localhost, --port, 1305, --debugLog, palw, --startapp, --suitedir, C:\Users\a.ghezelbash\Desktop\vms_client_desktop\suite_test, --cwd, @app, --aut, viewer_client_desktop]

In the log above, it says that the file dllpreload.exe cannot be found in C:\Program Files\Squish for Windows 9.1.0\bin\ and there is no such file in the installation directory.

I even uninstalled and reinstalled Squish, but it is still showing the same error.

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  • Antivirus? On windows DLL preloading causes many antiviruses to have a conniption. What squish does, amounts to DLL preload attack... With benevolent goals. Iirc you need Squish for Qt to work with Qt applications Commented Nov 2 at 7:37
  • I don’t think it’s because of the antivirus, since the first time I installed it I wasn’t paying attention to the antivirus and Squish was working fine. But the next day, it stopped working. Because of that, I uninstalled Squish and reinstalled it again, and this time I disabled the antivirus before installing — but it still gives the same error. Commented Nov 2 at 9:48
  • The system cannot find the file specified. hints the possible problem. You might want to check the location of viewer_client_desktop application. Commented Nov 5 at 12:21
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