Windows 10: Fix SideBySide Error 59 on Windows computers

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On your Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, while analyzing Event Logs in Event Viewer, you may notice the Event ID 59 error with the description Activation context generation failed. When this manifest or policy file error occurs, mostly when you launch certain apps and the app crashes, it usually goes unnoticed since there’s no adverse […]

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SideBySide error 59 ISO

I don't have a CDRom drive, so I burned an ISO on another machine and am trying to run it on my Windows10. I can mount it OK and see the files, which are to install a commercial application. But when I click on the setup file, I get a SideBySide error "The
application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application error log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.

sxstrace.exe ran with no errors to report.

The EventViewer says "Activation context generation failed for "C:\Users\mdhow\Desktop\New folder\QWP2016_Setup.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Users\mdhow\Desktop\New folder\QWP2016_Setup.exe" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax."

I tried running as administrator but that made no difference.

Any advice on how to install a program that was delivered on a CD onto a win10 machine without a CD player?

 

WHEA-logger, SideBySide, Ntfs... Windows 7 x64

I'm also getting the SidebySide and the NTFS error 55 on my system. This started about 3-4 weeks ago. The SidebySide error on my system is caused by a component missing that ARIA software is looking for. I'm working with the developers of this software for a solution.

The error 55 only pops up about once a week. Do a CHKDSK and it fixes it. I replaced my hard drive thinking this was causing the problem but the replacement drive does the same thing. I've done diags on the hard drives and they had no errors.

I'm running Windows XP x64 so this isn't just a Windows 7 thing. This is a dual-boot PC with the other partition being Windows XP 32-bit. The 32 bit partition hasn't had the error 55 in the same time period. So I'm thinking that there is a driver issue with the x64 partition. I didn't have any errors for the first couple months after built the computer.

I've run memtest and didn't have any memory errors. The computer is running at default speeds without any overclocking. I have had a couple weird things happening when booting the computer where it tried to change the CPU speed because of possible overclocking issues even though it was running at the default. Also, it has hung a couple times before detecting the amount of memory.

I'm using a Core i7 860 CPU on a Gigabyte P55M-UD2 motherboard.

I'm still looking for answers to this issue as it's quite irritating.

Jim

 

Sidebyside error

Every time I attempt to open an application apart from a few (Chrome, Putty, Vmware) a Side by side error appears here are the details

Log Name: Application

Source: SideBySide

Date: 23/08/2017 21:40:14

Event ID: 59

Task Category: None

Level: Error

Keywords: Classic

User: N/A

Computer: LAPTOP-6PGM50VE

Description:

Activation context generation failed for "System Default Context".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\manifests\x86_microsoft.windows.i..utomation.proxystub_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.14393.0_none_1e9c04c01886b354.manifest" on line 0. Invalid Xml
syntax.

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

<System>

<Provider Name="SideBySide" />

<EventID Qualifiers="49409">59</EventID>

<Level>2</Level>

<Task>0</Task>

<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

<TimeCreated SystemTime="2017-08-23T20:40:14.696392200Z" />

<EventRecordID>576425</EventRecordID>

<Channel>Application</Channel>

<Computer>LAPTOP-6PGM50VE</Computer>

<Security />

</System>

<EventData>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>System Default Context</Data>

<Data>C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\manifests\x86_microsoft.windows.i..utomation.proxystub_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.14393.0_none_1e9c04c01886b354.manifest</Data>

<Data>0</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

<Data>

</Data>

</EventData>

</Event>

I require help urgently