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POWhat causes SXSTrace error "StartTrace failed ... Unknown Error"?
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copied!<p>I'm here because of a <strong>sibe-by-side configuration error</strong>. When I try to launch a game, it pops a side-by-side configuration error. I try lots of stuff that didn't work, but then, I found this site: </p> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cesardelatorre/archive/2011/03/27/the-application-has-failed-to-start-because-its-side-by-side-configuration-is-incorrect-error-related-to-mmc-exe-programs-and-weird-cause-amp-simple-solution.aspx" rel="noreferrer">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cesardelatorre/archive/2011/03/27/the-application-has-failed-to-start-because-its-side-by-side-configuration-is-incorrect-error-related-to-mmc-exe-programs-and-weird-cause-amp-simple-solution.aspx</a>.</p> <p>Following they'r instructions, I tried the command( <em>In command prompt!</em> ): <strong>sxstrace.exe trace -logfile:C:\MySxSTrace.log</strong> at first it returned that it couldn't recognize this kind of command. So I did this:</p> <p>Right click computer -> advanced -> environment variables -> system variables -> and i edited the path to add C:\Windows\System32\ </p> <p>OR</p> <p><a href="http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/fix-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command/" rel="noreferrer">http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/fix-not-recognized-as-an-internal-or-external-command/</a></p> <p>So it resolved the problem that it could not recognize it as an internal or ext command.</p> <p>But then, i tried the command again: <strong>sxstrace.exe trace -logfile:C:\MySxSTrace.log</strong> and it returns THIS: <strong>StartTrace failed. Error message is: Unknown Error.</strong> I searched and I found someone who sayd that you cant put something on the root folder, complete nonsense. Because I haven't found anything, I ask in this site as I think programmers should understand that kind of stuff. Oh yeah and I heard that the side-by-side configuration error has something to do with c++.</p> <p>So yeah:</p> <p>1-The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail.</p> <p>2- StartTrace failed. Error message is: Unknown Error.</p>

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