Devtest is not launching

Products

• CA Application Test
• CA Continuous Application Insight (PathFinder)

Issue/Introduction

DEVTEST is installed successfully but while launching Workstation it is throwing an error message 

Error - 

java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError 
at com.jniwrapper.win32.system.Kernel32.<clinit>(Kernel32.java:36) 
at com.itko.lisa.util.os.OSUtils.getShortPath(OSUtils.java:297) 
at com.itko.lisa.util.os.OSUtils.buildWindowsFriendlyPath(OSUtils.java:285) 
at com.itko.lisa.test.Environment.figureLisaHome(Environment.java:595) 
at com.itko.lisa.test.Environment.<clinit>(Environment.java:430) 
at com.itko.lisa.gui.TestManager.main(TestManager.java:112) 
at com.itko.lisa.gui.LISAWorkstation.main(LISAWorkstation.java:16) 
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) 
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) 
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) 
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source) 
at com.exe4j.runtime.WinLauncher.main(Unknown Source) 
at com.install4j.runtime.launcher.WinLauncher.main(Unknown Source) 
Caused by: com.jniwrapper.LibraryNotFoundException: c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll 
at com.jniwrapper.Library.loadLibrary(Native Method) 
at com.jniwrapper.Library.a(SourceFile:363) 
at com.jniwrapper.Library.load(SourceFile:327) 
at com.jniwrapper.util.FunctionCache.a(SourceFile:89) 
at com.jniwrapper.util.FunctionCache.getFunction(SourceFile:114) 
at com.jniwrapper.win32.system.VersionInfo.<init>(VersionInfo.java:69) 
at com.jniwrapper.win32.system.Kernel32.isUnicode(Kernel32.java:77) 
at com.jniwrapper.win32.FunctionName.<clinit>(FunctionName.java:24) 
... 14 more 

Environment

All supported DevTest versions

Cause

1.  User is using Windows on Windows and installed 64-bit DevTest

2. This being WOW, it is recommended to use the internal OS bit mode across all the software on this OS.

For eg: if the OS is 32-bit Windows on 64-bit Windows, then install 32-bit DevTest 

Resolution

We tested three different solutions for this case and we have seen that all the three worked. Below are the three approaches. 

1. Install 32-bit LISA
2. Copy the 64 bit DLL from System32 to LISA bin folder. 
3. Correct the PATH System Variable to keep the path to System32 at the top of the list. 

Additional Information

None