https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/remote-cli-error-libxml2-dll-error-the-application-has-failed-to/m-p/4480555#M549 The Perl installation is not in the Path environment variable. Add the following location to the Path environment variable:<BR /><BR />C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\Perl\bin<BR /><BR />- Right click My Computer<BR />- Select Properties from the context menu<BR />- Select the Advance tab<BR />- Click Environment Variables button<BR />- Select Path in the System Variables and click Edit<BR />- Append ;C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\Perl\bin to the Path<BR />- Click OK<BR />- Click OK<BR />- Click OK<BR /><BR />Exit from current command prompt.<BR /><BR />Start a new command prompt for the Path to take effect Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:09:24 GMT VORAV 2009-11-23T09:09:24Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/remote-cli-error-libxml2-dll-error-the-application-has-failed-to/m-p/4480554#M548 Hi,<BR /><BR />I get the following error, when i run the remote cli on windows 2003 32bit server.<BR /><BR />"The application has failed to start because libxml2.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this error."<BR /><BR />I have reinstalled many times. stll the same error.<BR /><BR />C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\bin&gt;esxcfg-advcfg.pl<BR />Can't load 'C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware VI Remote CLI/Perl/site/lib/auto/XML/<BR />LibXML/Common/Common.dll' for module XML::LibXML::Common: load_file:The specifie<BR />d module could not be found at C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware VI Remote CLI/Perl<BR />/lib/DynaLoader.pm line 230.<BR /> at C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware VI Remote CLI/Perl/site/lib/XML/LibXML.pm lin<BR />e 12<BR />Compilation failed in require at C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware VI Remote CLI/Pe<BR />rl/site/lib/XML/LibXML.pm line 12.<BR />BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware VI Remote CL<BR />I/Perl/site/lib/XML/LibXML.pm line 12.<BR />Compilation failed in require at C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware VI Remote CLI/Pe<BR />rl/lib/VMware/VICommon.pm line 11.<BR />BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware VI Remote CL<BR />I/Perl/lib/VMware/VICommon.pm line 11.<BR />Compilation failed in require at C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware VI Remote CLI/Pe<BR />rl/lib/VMware/VIRuntime.pm line 15.<BR />Compilation failed in require at C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\bi<BR />n\esxcfg-advcfg.pl line 19.<BR />BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CL<BR />I\bin\esxcfg-advcfg.pl line 19.<BR /><BR /> Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:49:48 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/remote-cli-error-libxml2-dll-error-the-application-has-failed-to/m-p/4480554#M548 UK-Blr 2009-08-17T10:49:48Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/remote-cli-error-libxml2-dll-error-the-application-has-failed-to/m-p/4480555#M549 The Perl installation is not in the Path environment variable. Add the following location to the Path environment variable:<BR /><BR />C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\Perl\bin<BR /><BR />- Right click My Computer<BR />- Select Properties from the context menu<BR />- Select the Advance tab<BR />- Click Environment Variables button<BR />- Select Path in the System Variables and click Edit<BR />- Append ;C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\Perl\bin to the Path<BR />- Click OK<BR />- Click OK<BR />- Click OK<BR /><BR />Exit from current command prompt.<BR /><BR />Start a new command prompt for the Path to take effect Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:09:24 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/remote-cli-error-libxml2-dll-error-the-application-has-failed-to/m-p/4480555#M549 VORAV 2009-11-23T09:09:24Z