bueno99
5th April 2011 03:00 UTC

"Side-by-side configuration is incorrect".
Hi.

I'm need to install the software Watchtower Library and I see that it uses the NSIS Installer.

The problem is that, when I click on Setup.exe, I got the following error:

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

Nothing more apear. Install don't init. Only shows the error message.

I'm running Windows 7 Professional 32 bits. Searching in Google, I seem that it's may a problem with Microsoft Visual C++, but my system is updated by Microsoft Update.

Anyone know how to solve this?

Thanks and sorry the poor englisn (I'm from Brazil)

MSG
5th April 2011 07:01 UTC

After googling I found this on the first results page: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/junfeng/arch...14/576314.aspx

It explains that SxS (side-by-side) writes the to the application log, viewable in the Event Viewer. See what error report you can find there.

Anders
5th April 2011 14:51 UTC

NSIS itself does not really use SxS except for comctrl v6 (99% of apps use this)

bueno99
5th April 2011 17:56 UTC

Hi MSG. Thanks for your hint.

The sxstrace log generated says:

=================
Iniciar Geração de Contexto de Ativação.
Parâmetro de Entrada:
Flags = 0
ProcessorArchitecture = x86
CultureFallBacks = pt-BR;pt;en-US;en
ManifestPath = C:\Users\Bueno\Downloads\W\Setup.exe
AssemblyDirectory = C:\Users\Bueno\Downloads\W\
Application Config File =
-----------------
INFO: Analisando Arquivo de Manifesto C:\Users\Bueno\Downloads\W\Setup.exe.
INFO: A Definição da Identidade do Manifesto é (null).
ERRO: Linha 0: XML Erro de sintaxe.
ERRO: Falha na Geração de Contexto de Ativação.
Terminar Geração de Contexto de Ativação.

MSG
5th April 2011 19:17 UTC

Seeing as you're apparently running a Portuguese OS, and can thus be assumed to understand the language, can you maybe provide a quick translation? I'm sure that would help in finding a solution. ~__~

Anyway, to my untrained eye it looks like it's having trouble reading the manifest of setup.exe. Could it be your file is corrupt?

bueno99
5th April 2011 21:37 UTC

Hi MSG. Thanks again.

Here is a quick translation:

=================
Iniciar Geração de Contexto de Ativação. (Start Activation Context Generation)
Parâmetro de Entrada: (Input Parameter)
Flags = 0
ProcessorArchitecture = x86
CultureFallBacks = pt-BR;pt;en-US;en
ManifestPath = C:\Users\Bueno\Downloads\W\Setup.exe
AssemblyDirectory = C:\Users\Bueno\Downloads\W\
Application Config File =
-----------------
INFO: Analisando Arquivo de Manifesto (Parsing manifest file) C:\Users\Bueno\Downloads\W\Setup.exe.
INFO: A Definição da Identidade do Manifesto é (null). (Manifest Definition Identity is (null). )
ERRO: Linha 0: XML Erro de sintaxe. (XML syntax error)
ERRO: Falha na Geração de Contexto de Ativação. (Failed Activation Context Generation)
Terminar Geração de Contexto de Ativação. (End Activation Context Generation.)

Afrow UK
5th April 2011 22:32 UTC

Looks like it expects an XML file but you are giving it Setup.exe.

Stu

bueno99
6th April 2011 17:32 UTC

Hi people. Thanks every body for help. I installed it. I think that's a problem with CDROM drive, because I used two medias and got some error, I installed without error in other PC and after download the files from internet, the program was installed without error. Thanks.