VB 2010 application runs in IDE but crashes running standalone - vb.net

This is a server program that is very similar to a number of other server programs I have developed and had no trouble running as a standalone.
When it starts it shows the "Stopped working" messagebox with the option to debug. When I run debug after the crash, it comes up with a message saying "InvalidCastException was unhandled, Conversion from string "" to type 'Integer' is not valid."
I have no idea where to find where this is occurring. I placed an error handling routine inside the ApplicationEvents to log the error, but it's not working. Other Application Events are being triggered, just not this.
The program is running inside its native folder, so it can't be that it's missing any dependencies.
Any advice would be appreciated!

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