The Application Has Failed To Start Because Its Side-by-side Configuration Is Incorrect Error

Today we're looking at the error known as "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect." It concludes with "Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more details." is a problematic error that can occur in many games and apps and even Microsoft Office, but it's an easy fix.

Odds are you're missing the Visual C++ runtime package required or there's a registry error. Visual C++ is a programming language, and most of the times you have this installed by default. The only tricky part about the Visual C++ installers is that there are many versions.

Here are a couple of fixes for you, however, further in the video, for the geek in you, we show you how to get more details to find out precisely what version you need.