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POTypeInitializationException when starting Windows Service because config section can not be created
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    copied!<p>I have a strange error on a specific Windows Server 2008 R2 machine (it works on other 2008 R2 machines) when starting a Windows Service. The service uses <a href="http://netcommon.sourceforge.net/" rel="noreferrer">Common.Logging</a> and <a href="http://logging.apache.org/log4net/index.html" rel="noreferrer">log4net</a>. However, on this specific machine the config section handler for Common.Logging can not be created.</p> <p>It fails with the following stack traces (formatted for better readability). What surprises me most is the <code>SecurityException</code>. What can cause this?</p> <p>Does anyone have a clue?</p> <pre><code>System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'MyWindowsService.Program' threw an exception. ---&gt; Common.Logging.ConfigurationException: Failed obtaining configuration for Common.Logging from configuration section 'common/logging'. ---&gt; System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for common/logging: Request failed. (C:\Path\MyWindowsService.exe.Config line 7) ---&gt; System.Security.SecurityException: Request failed. at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance( RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean&amp; canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal&amp; ctor, Boolean&amp; bNeedSecurityCheck) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) at System.Configuration.TypeUtil.CreateInstanceWithReflectionPermission(Type type) at System.Configuration.RuntimeConfigurationRecord.RuntimeConfigurationFactory.Init( RuntimeConfigurationRecord configRecord, FactoryRecord factoryRecord) at System.Configuration.RuntimeConfigurationRecord.RuntimeConfigurationFactory.InitWithRestrictedPermissions( RuntimeConfigurationRecord configRecord, FactoryRecord factoryRecord) at System.Configuration.RuntimeConfigurationRecord.CreateSectionFactory( FactoryRecord factoryRecord) at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.FindAndEnsureFactoryRecord( String configKey, Boolean&amp; isRootDeclaredHere) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- </code></pre> <p>It continues with:</p> <pre><code>at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.FindAndEnsureFactoryRecord( String configKey, Boolean&amp; isRootDeclaredHere) at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSectionRecursive( String configKey, Boolean getLkg, Boolean checkPermission, Boolean getRuntimeObject, Boolean requestIsHere, Object&amp; result, Object&amp; resultRuntimeObject) at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.GetSection(String configKey) at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName) at Common.Logging.LogManager.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass6.&lt;BuildLoggerFactoryAdapter&gt;b__3() at Common.Logging.Configuration.ArgUtils.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass13.&lt;Guard&gt;b__12() at Common.Logging.Configuration.ArgUtils.Guard[T](Function`1 function, String messageFormat, Object[] args) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Common.Logging.Configuration.ArgUtils.Guard[T](Function`1 function, String messageFormat, Object[] args) at Common.Logging.LogManager.BuildLoggerFactoryAdapter() at Common.Logging.LogManager.get_Adapter() at Common.Logging.LogManager.GetLogger(Type type) at MyWindowsService.Program..cctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at MyWindowsService.Program.Main(String[] args) </code></pre> <p>My configuration looks like this (the Common.Logging part of it anyway).</p> <pre><code>&lt;configSections&gt; &lt;sectionGroup name="common"&gt; &lt;section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging" /&gt; &lt;/sectionGroup&gt; &lt;/configSections&gt; &lt;common&gt; &lt;logging&gt; &lt;factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.Log4Net.Log4NetLoggerFactoryAdapter,Common.Logging.Log4net"&gt; &lt;arg key="configType" value="INLINE" /&gt; &lt;/factoryAdapter&gt; &lt;/logging&gt; &lt;/common&gt; </code></pre>
 

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