Side by Side configuration not allowing me to run most programs on my computer

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Nathan Kong

Hello,


Today, my computer started giving me the following error whenever I run most programs.


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.


Thankfully, this doesn't affect my browser, but it affects more or less every other program. I've followed YouTube videos which check the x86 crt number, but the numbers are the same. They recommend downloading the Visual C++ package, but I cannot run downloads because of this error. Event Viewer gives me this error message.


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_1.0.17763.1098_none_8126665ef5168dcc.manifest" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax.


Additionally, when I ran sxstrace.exe, it also gave me an error talking about an invalid Xml syntax.

INFO: Parsing Manifest File C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\manifests\x86_microsoft.windows.i..utomation.proxystub_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.17763.1098_none_8126665ef5168dcc.manifest.

INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is (null).

ERROR: Line 0: XML Syntax error.

ERROR: Activation Context generation failed.

End Activation Context Generation.



What can I do to fix this problem? I'm just a teenager without much knowledge into computer programming, so any help would be much appreciated.


Thanks,

Nathan

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