Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I found a couple of useful suggestions by googling "sxstrace.exe windows 7." Apparently you're probably missing certain components of Visual C++.... but I don't really know anything about 7 and its structures. R. Clayton McKee PhotoJournalist from somewhere just south of somewhere else... --- On Mon, 4/25/11, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > Subject: [Leica] Computer Help > To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Monday, April 25, 2011, 8:55 PM > LUG: > > This is driving me crazy.? Yesterday an automatic > Microsoft update rendered > my computer totally worthless.? It went back to the > original configuration > of Windows 7 with none of my screen savers, no programs > loaded - just a > bare-bones version of a new Windows 7.? I used Restore > to go back before the > update.? All seemed good.? Screensavers are > there, programs listed, > documents and photos where they should be; HOWEVER, nothing > works.? When I > click on any program at all I get this message "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."? That is totally Greek to me and I've put it > up on several Windows > and Microsoft forums and nobody else seems to know what it > means.? I've come > to the LUG expertise as a last resort.? I do (did) > have everything backed up > with Acronis, but that is one of the programs that refuses > to run, even from > the restore CD.? Before I totally tear all of my hair > out, is there anybody > out there who has the slightest idea how I can fix this? > > The day when all of my computer programs can be cloud-based > will be a great > day (maybe). > > TIA > > Tina > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information >