Help Samsung Kies won't open

[erikfokkens]

hello guys I just bought the Galaxy S but I don't seem to manage to get the software programm Samsung Kies installed on my WindowsXP pc . I allready installed active sinc but when opening the programm it still says: error on opening mainstage..who can help me because I have to transfer tons of adresses from my old telephone to the Galaxy and by bluetooth it only goes one by one which is a pain in the ass
Thanks on forehand

 

[-Ollie-]

Maybe it's a stupid question, but did you try to uninstall/reinstall?
I use WinXP and I did not have any problem with Kies, although I didn't use it to sync my contacts.
I read some reports of people having issues with Kies, but never about not being able to start it.

 

[larryccf]

if you have a Gmail acct, why not just export the contacts to your desktop as .csv file, then upload to Gmail - and gmail will download to your galaxy as long as you have "sync" turned on

 

[doctajay]

i don't have the SGS. what is the use of samsung kies? is it necessary for anything? all my contacts are stored in gmail.

 

[DrZapps]

It's been quite a while since there was an update on this issue.
Please confirm if there is a fix for this yet.

Errors being received when attempting to start up kies:
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 2012/01/05 02:01:15 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: ******
Description:
Faulting application name: Kies.exe, version: 2.0.0.11044, time stamp: 0x4e520153
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.1.7600.16850, time stamp: 0x4e21132b
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x00009673
Faulting process id: 0x1d10
Faulting application start time: 0x01cccba1b7d84355
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Samsung\Kies\Kies.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: f771c0f5-3794-11e1-bd5a-ac72890f3975.

I have tried reinstalling, but no luck.
I have tried running a repair on the .net 3 framework but this did not help.

The machine is complaining about a .dll file that is faulty or something. Is there a way to repair this dll without breaking anything else.

Something else that came to mind, is there a comparability with this application?
this runs perfectly on XP and vista, but win7 x32 and x64.

I look forward to your reply.