>My next step would be to verify basic functionality by loading one of Ricks examples calling into the runtime directly from freshly loaded vfp.
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I tried the first program in the list (ASPNetJsonSerializer) and got

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Unable to load wwDotNetBridge: Unable to load Clr Instance. 0x80131515:

So, same issue I am getting. I am unable to instantiate wwDotNetBridge at all.