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This exception occurs in a VB2012 program before the execution of the first statement of the program.<br />
What could be the cause and how could I get rid of it?<br />
Thanks.
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This exception occurs in a VB2012 program before the execution of the first statement of the program.
What could be the cause and how could I get rid of it?
Thanks.

A first chance exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in mscorlib.dll

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