The respected open source .NET wrapper implementation (SharpBITS) of Windows BITS services fails identifying the underlying BITS version under Win7 x64.

Here is the source code that fails. NativeMethods are native Win32 calls wrapped by .NET methods and decorated via DllImport attribute.

private static BitsVersion GetBitsVersion()
    {
        try
        {
            string fileName = Path.Combine(
                     System.Environment.SystemDirectory, "qmgr.dll");
            int handle = 0;
            int size = NativeMethods.GetFileVersionInfoSize(fileName, 
                                                            out handle);
            if (size == 0) return BitsVersion.Bits0_0;
            byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
            if (!NativeMethods.GetFileVersionInfo(fileName, 
                                                  handle, 
                                                  size, 
                                                  buffer))
            {
                return BitsVersion.Bits0_0;
            }
            IntPtr subBlock = IntPtr.Zero;
            uint len = 0;
            if (!NativeMethods.VerQueryValue(buffer,
                              @"\VarFileInfo\Translation", 
                              out subBlock, 
                              out len))
            {
                return BitsVersion.Bits0_0;
            }

            int block1 = Marshal.ReadInt16(subBlock);
            int block2 = Marshal.ReadInt16((IntPtr)((int)subBlock + 2 ));
            string spv = string.Format(
                 @"\StringFileInfo\{0:X4}{1:X4}\ProductVersion", 
                 block1, 
                 block2);

            string versionInfo;
            if (!NativeMethods.VerQueryValue(buffer, 
                                             spv, 
                                             out versionInfo, 
                                             out len))
            {
                return BitsVersion.Bits0_0;
            }
...

The implementation follows the MSDN instructions by the letter. Still during the second VerQueryValue(...) call, the application crashes and kills the debug session without hesitation. Just a little more debug info right before the crash:

• spv => "\StringFileInfo\040904B0\ProductVersion"
• buffer => byte[1900] - full with binary data
• block1 => 1033
• block2 => 1200

I looked at the targeted "C:\Windows\System32\qmgr.dll" file (The implementation of BITS) via Windows. It says that the Product Version is 7.5.7600.16385. Instead of crashing, this value should return in the verionInfo string. Any advice?