The loader successfully validated the project but cannot establish communication with the target runtime environment. This is almost always a firewall, SQL, or User Account Control (UAC) issue.
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A child process (e.g., a custom C-script or a SQL query) did not terminate gracefully. The loader is waiting for a handle that will never close. The loader successfully validated the project but cannot
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