Der Typeninitialisierer für "CrystalDecisions.Shared.SharedUtils" hat eine Ausnahme verursacht.

[RS6]

we have a .NET 32 bit Application with Crystal Reports for VS. Working with VS2019 and the version of CR
13.0.31.4010 on the developer machine(Windows Server 2019 Datacenter 64 bit). the runtimes on the machine(also Windows Server 2019 Datacenter 64 bit) the App is running on is 13.0.31.4010 too.
We have now received an update to version 13.0.334485 and get some Error. That's why we uninstalled Crystal Reports and reinstalled the old version. But now we also get errors:

Der Typeninitialisierer für "CrystalDecisions.Shared.SharedUtils" hat eine Ausnahme verursacht.

[DonWilliams]

English error is: The type initializer for CrystalDecisions.Shared.SharedUtils threw an exception.

When you install you must right click on the setup.exe and select run as administrator, note that's not an option if you installed the MSI.

Did the developer update the runtime and rebuilt the project using SP 33? updating just the runtime will not work, most of the time. Developer must build using the same version and let you know which one to use.

Note: It's up to SP 35, I suggest upgrading to that version to take advantage of the latest security and other platform updates.

It could be missing dependencies, enable install logging for MSIexec.exe and see what it shows.