Sharepoint Migration Tool - The application has some issue to initialize

Question

Dear ones, good afternoon!

I used the tool for several days and managed to migrate a lot of the data I needed, however yesterday the tool reported a pending update and I performed/restarted it, but now it doesn't want to open and gets this error on the screen "Sorry, the application has some issue to initialize".

Answer 1

Hi @Felipe Santiago ,Thank you for posting in this community.

We can work together to narrow down and resolve the situation.

1. Check if your system meets the minimum requirements for running the SPMT application.

Item	Requirement
System architecture	Must be x64
System architecture	Must be x64
.NET version	Must be 4.6.2 or higher. See How to determine which versions are installed
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable for X64.	SPMT is trying to add all the redistributions in packages, but missing some system dlls. Trying to install the package might help to resolve all the dependencies. Download: Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable latest supported downloads.
Anti-virus	Stop third party anti-virus software on your computer prior to installation.

2. Try running the application as an administrator. Right-click on the SPMT application icon and select "Run as administrator".
3. Check if there are any pending Windows updates and install them if available.
4. Uninstall and reinstall the SPMT application.

Hope the information can help you. And if there have any unclear or misunderstanding, please feel free to post back and we’ll continue to help you all the time!

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