PowerShell side-by-side issue EventID 59
General discussion
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Hello,
I have two machines so far in our organization where I'm getting the side-by-side error when running powershell commands using CMD.exe. We have no issue running this script on all computer models in Win 7. I've tried reinstalling C++ applications to no avail. Any farther help is greatly appreciated.
SxsTrace:
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Begin Activation Context Generation.
Input Parameter:
Flags = 0
ProcessorArchitecture = AMD64
CultureFallBacks = en-US;en
ManifestPath = C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
AssemblyDirectory = C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\
Application Config File = C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe.Config
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INFO: Parsing Application Config File C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe.Config.
ERROR: Line 0: XML Syntax error.
ERROR: Activation Context generation failed.
End Activation Context Generation.
Event Viewer
Log Name: Application Source: SideBySide Date: 5/21/2019 1:31:45 PM Event ID: 59 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: test.domain.com Description: Activation context generation failed for "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe".Error in manifest or policy file "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe.Config" on line 0. Invalid Xml syntax. Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="SideBySide" /> <EventID Qualifiers="49409">59</EventID> <Level>2</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2019-05-21T17:31:45.000000000Z" /> <EventRecordID>70132</EventRecordID> <Channel>Application</Channel> <Computer>test.domain.com</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data>C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe</Data> <Data>C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe.Config</Data> <Data>0</Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> </EventData> </Event>Applications installed:
Name Version Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) 8.0.59192 Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) 8.0.61000 Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) 8.0.56336 Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable 8.0.61001 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 x86 Additional Runtime - 14.0.24215 14.0.24215 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 x86 Minimum Runtime - 14.0.24215 14.0.24215 Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.21022 9.0.21022 Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17 9.0.30729 Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.40660 12.0.40660 Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.40660 12.0.40660 Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional Runtime - 12.0.40660 12.0.40660 Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.40660 12.0.40660 Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161 9.0.30729.6161 Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x64 Additional Runtime - 11.0.61030 11.0.61030 Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x64 Minimum Runtime - 11.0.61030 11.0.61030 Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x86 Additional Runtime - 11.0.61030 11.0.61030 Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x86 Minimum Runtime - 11.0.61030 11.0.61030 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 x64 Additional Runtime - 14.0.23026 14.0.23026 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 x64 Minimum Runtime - 14.0.23026 14.0.23026
For the registry nothing was done. I thought I'd share it to eliminate troubleshooting steps.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\x86|policy.9.0.microsoft.vc90.crt
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