diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60devicerunconfiguration.cpp b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60devicerunconfiguration.cpp
index fc1000f38e1..88f2c344149 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60devicerunconfiguration.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60devicerunconfiguration.cpp
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ void S60DeviceRunControl::signsisProcessFinished()
     connect(m_launcher, SIGNAL(installingStarted()), this, SLOT(printInstallingNotice()));
     connect(m_launcher, SIGNAL(startingApplication()), this, SLOT(printStartingNotice()));
     connect(m_launcher, SIGNAL(applicationRunning(uint)), this, SLOT(printRunNotice(uint)));
+    connect(m_launcher, SIGNAL(canNotRun(QString)), this, SLOT(printRunFailNotice(QString)));
     connect(m_launcher, SIGNAL(applicationOutputReceived(QString)), this, SLOT(printApplicationOutput(QString)));
     connect(m_launcher, SIGNAL(copyProgress(int)), this, SLOT(printCopyProgress(int)));
 
@@ -692,6 +693,10 @@ void S60DeviceRunControl::printRunNotice(uint pid)
     emit addToOutputWindow(this, tr("Application running with pid %1.").arg(pid));
 }
 
+void S60DeviceRunControl::printRunFailNotice(const QString &errorMessage) {
+    emit addToOutputWindow(this, tr("Could not start application: %1").arg(errorMessage));
+}
+
 void S60DeviceRunControl::printApplicationOutput(const QString &output)
 {
     emit addToOutputWindowInline(this, output);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60devicerunconfiguration.h b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60devicerunconfiguration.h
index 626b9625148..5ac7e7be091 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60devicerunconfiguration.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qt4projectmanager/qt-s60/s60devicerunconfiguration.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ private slots:
     void printInstallingNotice();
     void printStartingNotice();
     void printRunNotice(uint pid);
+    void printRunFailNotice(const QString &errorMessage);
     void printApplicationOutput(const QString &output);
     void runFinished();
 
diff --git a/src/shared/trk/launcher.cpp b/src/shared/trk/launcher.cpp
index 0ff118ec12c..7a9342740c7 100644
--- a/src/shared/trk/launcher.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/trk/launcher.cpp
@@ -368,6 +368,11 @@ void Launcher::handleCpuType(const TrkResult &result)
 
 void Launcher::handleCreateProcess(const TrkResult &result)
 {
+    if (result.errorCode()) {
+        emit canNotRun(errorMessage(result.errorCode()));
+        emit finished();
+        return;
+    }
     //  40 00 00]
     //logMessage("       RESULT: " + result.toString());
     // [80 08 00   00 00 01 B5   00 00 01 B6   78 67 40 00   00 40 00 00]
diff --git a/src/shared/trk/launcher.h b/src/shared/trk/launcher.h
index 7a2eccf1cb2..b24ed7d73d0 100644
--- a/src/shared/trk/launcher.h
+++ b/src/shared/trk/launcher.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ signals:
     void installingStarted();
     void startingApplication();
     void applicationRunning(uint pid);
+    void canNotRun(const QString &errorMessage);
     void finished();
     void applicationOutputReceived(const QString &output);
     void copyProgress(int percent);
@@ -71,8 +72,6 @@ private slots:
     void handleResult(const trk::TrkResult &data);
 
 private:
-    void tryTrkRead();
-
     // kill process and breakpoints
     void cleanUp();
 
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ private:
     void handleTrkVersion(const TrkResult &result);
     void waitForTrkFinished(const TrkResult &data);
 
-    void handleAndReportCreateProcess(const TrkResult &result);
     void copyFileToRemote();
     void installRemotePackageSilently(const QString &filename);
     void installAndRun();
diff --git a/src/shared/trk/trkdevice.cpp b/src/shared/trk/trkdevice.cpp
index 3e1fcda057b..775b7727960 100644
--- a/src/shared/trk/trkdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/trk/trkdevice.cpp
@@ -621,8 +621,7 @@ int WinReaderThread::tryRead()
 void WinReaderThread::run()
 {
     m_handles[FileHandle] = m_context->readOverlapped.hEvent;
-    int readResult;
-    while ( (readResult = tryRead()) == 0) ;
+    while ( tryRead() == 0) ;
 }
 
 void WinReaderThread::terminate()
@@ -736,9 +735,8 @@ int UnixReaderThread::tryRead()
 
 void UnixReaderThread::run()
 {
-    int readResult;
     // Read loop
-    while ( (readResult = tryRead()) == 0) ;
+    while ( tryRead() == 0) ;
 }
 
 void UnixReaderThread::terminate()
diff --git a/src/shared/trk/trkdevice.h b/src/shared/trk/trkdevice.h
index 7fac552ef12..579d32acf3b 100644
--- a/src/shared/trk/trkdevice.h
+++ b/src/shared/trk/trkdevice.h
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ public:
     // Send an Ack synchronously, bypassing the queue
     bool sendTrkAck(unsigned char token);
 
-    void tryTrkRead(); // TODO: Why public?
-
 signals:
     void messageReceived(const trk::TrkResult &result);
     // Emitted with the contents of messages enclosed in 07e, not for log output