Hello,
I've been site hopping various Vista forums looking for a solution to
my issue,
and...
I'm hoping you guys would know a thing or two here
=)
My problem is this:
I am running Windows Vista 64 bit on an ASUS laptop and, after some
"experimenting" with binding EXE's on XP and moving them over to Vista,
I started receiving the dreaded error message "This program has failed
to start because it's side by side configuration is incorrect". Now, I'm
no noob when it comes to computers...
But I have tried everything I can think of to resolve this problem.
THe most common solution I have found is to install the Visual C++
Redistributable, thing is...
When I run the installation EXE, the same error appears.
I have attempted running in safe mode, system restore, and all the
usual options, and every thread with this same problem is often ignored,
therefore I have not been able to find a solution.
Can ANYONE here please help me?
My father needs this laptop for his work...
and it has been out of commission for almost a week now,
so any help short of a repair installation would be greatly, greatly
appreciated.
*This is copy/paste from another thread I have going on another site*
[although the other site has been very helpful, we haven't gotten
anywhere...]
Program to merge files- EXEJoiner
Files merged- VLC media player setup and IMGburn setup
They were merged on my 32-bit XP Pro system and transfered over to my
64-bit Vista Home Premium system.
I executed the merged file,
and it failed to start giving me an error message about being
incompatible with my system.
I figured no big, deleted the file, and carried on.
After restarting my computer shortly afterward,
I attempted to run Firefox, but it gave me the error message:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
The application has failed to start because its side-by-side
configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for
more detail"
Checking the Event Viewer, I have a boatload of "Side by Side" errors,
each with an Event ID of 59.
The error reads: "Activation context generation failed for
"C:\Windows\sysWOW64\TAPI32.dll", error in manifest or policy file
"C:\Windows\Winsxs\manifests\x86_Microsoft.windows.c..-controls.resources_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.6001.18000_en-us_72e6f33f34dfabb9.manifest"
[Whew!] on line 0. Invalid XML syntax.
Does ANYone have ANY idea on ANY possible fixes, short of a re-install?
Any and all help would be greatly, greatly appreciated!
