Error: The application has failed to start because the side by side configuration is incorrect please see the application event log or use the command line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail

Anonymous
2010-02-07T22:12:03+00:00

WINDOWS 7 error The application has failed to start because the side by side configuration is incorrect please see the application event log or use the command line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.

I am getting the error "

"WINDOWS 7 error The application has failed to start because the side by side configuration is incorrect please see the application event log or use the command line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail." for every application that i try to launch.

Please help with a fix.

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Anonymous
2011-08-15T20:08:54+00:00

Error message: "Side-by-side configuration is incorrect"

The machine is missing the correct C++ runtime components for your type of system. (x86 or x64).

Installing the following update resolved the issue.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package for (x64)

 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=BA9257CA-337F-4B40-8C14-157CFDFFEE4E&displaylang=en

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a7b7a05e-6de6-4d3a-a423-37bf0912db84

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=bd512d9e-43c8-4655-81bf-9350143d5867

Thanks,

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-07-31T16:31:56+00:00

    All I've seen are many people with basically the same problem, but no response as to how to overcome the problem!

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-09-12T01:51:32+00:00

    I got the same error trying to start a program that I have used multiple times on my windows 7 machine:

    WINDOWS 7 error The application has failed to start because the side by side configuration is incorrect please see the application event log or use the command line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail

    I went to the event viewer and here is what it said:

    Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\cities xl\CitiesXL_Game.exe". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.OpenMP,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50727.4053" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.

    The details:

    - System
    - Provider <br> --- --- <br><br><br><br> [ Name] SideBySide <br> --- --- --- --- ---
    - EventID 33 <br> --- --- --- <br><br><br><br> [ Qualifiers] 49409 <br> --- --- --- --- ---
    Level 2 <br> --- --- ---
    Task 0 <br> --- --- ---
    Keywords 0x80000000000000 <br> --- --- ---
    - TimeCreated <br> --- --- <br><br><br><br> [ SystemTime] 2010-09-12T01:43:36.000000000Z <br> --- --- --- --- ---
    EventRecordID 7304 <br> --- --- ---
    Channel Application <br> --- --- ---
    Computer Axalon <br> --- --- ---
    Security <br> --- ---
    - EventData
    Microsoft.VC80.OpenMP,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50727.4053"
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\cities xl\CitiesXL_Game.exe

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-06-15T21:38:54+00:00

    i am having this problem. i play the game league of legends and when i try to open the game it wont let me run it. this message pops up saying my side by side configuration is incorrect. it was running fine 2 days ago. how do i reconfigure it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-02-21T15:59:52+00:00

    You can fix this by uninstalling the current version of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable and downloading and installing the 2008 version that comes from the Focus support website:

    http://support.focus-home.fr/vcredist\_x86.exe

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