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Side-by-side configuration error help: "The setting http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2011/WindowsSettings^disableWindowFiltering is not registered."

Anonymous
2023-01-08T04:48:23+00:00

Not sure what specific sub-forum this would be best fit under, so I picked the one that seems like it would loosely tie. If I picked the wrong one, apologies.

I'm not too sure when this error started, but anytime I try to run a newly installed program it's been throwing a side-by-side configuration error (doesn't matter which program it is.) The installation process always runs fine, but whenever it comes to running it, the following error is thrown.

Naturally, I went through some common troubleshooting from this link here: https://softwarekeep.com/help-center/fix-the-side-by-side-configuration-is-incorrect-error-on-windows-10

None of it had helped, so the next best thing I could think of was to look into the specific error. After looking through the event-log, I had found this:

Not sure if clicking on the hyperlink is supposed to do anything, but it would just lead to a webpage that reads "The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable."

Regardless, I went searching around to see if that specific error had any fixes, but that's where I ran into a roadblock.

Any results seemed to be related to visual studio, or vscode and lead to github discussions. The discussions there made absolutely no sense to me. I have no experience with vscode what-so-ever and not sure if it even ties into what I'm trying to fix here.

This error seems to be stopping me from running newly installed programs for whatever reason.

So I ask this; since I may be getting irrelevant results from search engines, is there anything I can do to fix this error?

The ultimate goal here is to get newly installed programs to run again.

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-08T19:27:24+00:00

    I believe I already have most if not all of the redistributables installed. That was one of the processes I went through when I was looking at help articles online. Regardless, I went through and repaired/updated most of them today. The problem still persists. Here is a list of the ones I have installed. Some new entries have appeared since when I originally made this post.

    Event log is still throwing the same error.

    My main gripe seems to be not knowing what disableWindowFiltering means. I'm thinking it might be a registry issue of some sort, but I don't know for certain since my internet research hasn't been too fulfilling, thus resorting to posting here.

    That error in particular from the event log is what I've been trying to grasp upon. Is that specific event log still related to missing a version? If so, what versions do I appear to be missing?

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  2. DaveM121 869.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-01-08T08:27:47+00:00

    Hi Kyler Rebmann,

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    When developers create software they use code from one of the Visual C++ Redistributables to link into functionality provided in windows.

    The side-by-side configuration error is related to one of the redistributables being missing on your PC.

    You will need to contact the support for that software you are trying to install to find out which C++ Redistributable their software relies on, then download and install the x86 and x64bit versions of that version from this link and ten restart (not shut down) your PC.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/l...

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  3. DaveM121 869.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-01-08T19:38:05+00:00

    Hi Kyler Rebmann,

    The best option is to contact the software developer on their website and provide them with the error you are seeing, they will be able to ask you for log files and be able to provide you with a resolution, because this is not caused by a Windows error.

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