Incorrect side-by-side configuration - Missing VC Distributables?

[pstein]

I am planing to migrate my running PSP X2 installation from my old Win7 computer with to my new notebook with Windows 10 v2004.

After installation of PSP X2 on the new computer I tried to start PSP X2 but got permanent errors telling me:

"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.xe tool for more detail

The Event Viewer shows the following error details:

Activation context generation failed for "D:\tools\PSP\vX2\Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo.exe". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.MFC,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50727.762" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.
Data = Microsoft.VC80.MFC,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50727.762"
Data = D:\tools\PSP\vX2\Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo.exe


So I guess PSP X2 is missing VC Runtime 8.0 on the new machine.
This can be.
BUT: On the old (Win7) machine there no such Runtime v8.0 either
The oldest VC Runtime on the old machine is Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable x86 9.0.30729
Does VC Runtime v9 include cumulative older VC Runtimes as well?
and what about v10,11,12,....?

The Runtime scheme from MS is a mess.

Unfortunately PSP X2 seems not to install this Runtime. So I want to do it manually

Which VC Runtime do I need to get PSP X2 running on Win10 v2004?

Thank you
Peter

[migf1]

I don't think I can provide a definite solution, since I have neither PSP X2 nor Windows 10 (or 7). Plus I've never encountered any of those errors and I have no idea what the sxstrace utility is or does.

However I just googled it and among many results I picked the following 2 articles:
1. https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/43 ... -Incorrect (detailed technical explanation)
2. https://windowsreport.com/side-by-side- ... indows-10/ (mainstream article)

It seems you are right about having to install the right version of VC++ runtime, and yes I agree with you that's a total mess. The 2nd article suggests in the end to uninstall any prior vc++ runtime and then download and install the VC++ 2013 version (to me sounds like your Windows 10 lack the vc++ 2008 runtime, or at least the 32bit/x86 version).

I would just install the 2013 version, on top of any other. On my Win 8.1 machine I have multiple vc++ runtimes installed, as you can see here: http://prntscr.com/10hx2wa
In many cases, even different minor versions of the same major version. The reason I'm not fond of uninstalling prior versions is that I'm not sure if that would break other programs (put otherwise, I'm not sure vc++ 2013 can fully replace or is fully compatible with older versions).

I'm not saying you should do what I have done and never had an issue, but if you go for it please do it at your own risk. We have very different setups.