Side-by-side configuration error in Windows 10

Check first the Event Viewer which might tell you the nature of the error.

If this is not enough to pinpoint the error, use the same technique as in the article Troubleshooting side by side issues using sxstrace that uses the Windows utility sxstrace:

1. Run in a Command Window (cmd) :

   SxsTrace Trace -logfile:SxsTrace.etl
   

2. Run the problematic executable

3. Press Enter on the above Command Prompt to stop the trace

4. Parse the trace file using the command :

   SxsTrace Parse -logfile:SxsTrace.etl -outfile:SxsTrace.txt
   

5. Open the text file and find the error.

One possible error will look like this :

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which means that the application couldn’t find msvcr90d.dll in the above location.

Another error might be :

which means an error symbol in line 18 of the configuration file mycode.exe.config.

Or a missing assembly error might look like this :

Your error might be quite different from the above, which were only examples (and might look quite different in Windows 10).