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"Activation context generation failed" complaint trying to add an application manifest

I'm trying to add an application manifest that requires elevation to my .NET 2.0 EXE. I've done that for a simple EXE and it worked without any problems, but on this more complex EXE it's not working. My EXE has a config file and a lot of dependencies of other DLLs in my solution. When I start the EXE, I get a SideBySide error saying "...

Are There Any .NET Framework 3.5 Rollout Cautions?

What level of concern should I attach to deploying the .NET framework 3.5 onto a production application server currently hosting about 20 .NET framework 2.0 applicatons? I have a run into resistance to my request to rollout the .NET framework 3.5 into our environment. We do not have the ability to regression test with confidence nor do ...

SidBySide: 3rd Party Dll refers to two versions of MSVCR80.DLL

We include a 3rd Party lib+DLL that recently causes a lot of trouble on installations. Using dependencywalker, we found that the dll itself refers to two different Versions of MSVCR80.DLL: Version 8.0.50727.4053 and Version 8.0.50727.42 In MOST cases installation makes no problems, even if we distribute none of both versions. But i...

SideBySide error on another computer with MSVC++ 2005 installed

I'm having some strange issues building and running a project on another computer. It's a side-by-side error. Usually the cause is that c++ redistributable is not installed on the machine etc. However in this case the project is compiled on that machine. MSVC++ 2005 is installed, the runtimes should be there (I installed the runtime ...

How does Windows SideBySide work? Any Documentation?

I recently asked a related question about SideBySide problems. I figured out that installing a shared assembly with installer works, while using a private assembly does not. I also found another related question mentioning sxstrace.exe. But this seems not to exist for Windows XP. Is there any resource with detailed information about ...

Simulating SideBySide for Out of Process ActiveX

We are adapting our client side relatively complicated application (ActiveX / .net / Delphi / C++ / COM ) to use SxS to achieve non admin deployment and isolation from older versions of our product. We were able to achieve this goal for almost all our in proc components such as our .net ui, Delphi ui, and the COM servers we use in proc ...

Does .net calling COM which in turn calls other .net COM object works when using SxS and manifest files are used

I have a .net application calling to a COM component (C++) which in turn calls to another COM object implemented in .NET. This application is using Windows SxS capabilities and does not register any of it's COM components. Not the one written in C++, and not the one written in .net. This first call to the C++ COM component works fine. ...

SideBySide problem with debug build on a VM.

I have a .NET application that is developed with Visual Studio 2008 which uses a C++/CLI DLL named xVJob.dll. I am getting SideBySide errors when I try to run it on a test VM. The VM is running Windows Server 2003 SP2. I can run and debug everything fine on my development machine, but when I try to run it on the test VM, it throws an ...

Can anyone recommend a pre-commit web based diff viewer for subversion?

Edited to make my requirements a little more clear I would love to find a decent web viewer similar to Trac's changeset page: http://trac.edgewall.org/changeset/10173. The only catch is that I need it to be pre-commit. These are for small changes that don't justify a branch/merge. Anyone know of such a tool? Must have: Must be pre-...