1902990 - The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. [SideBySide Master]

Any number of the following symptoms may occur:

• After an installation completes you are not able to launch various applications as they fail with:
  
  "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the comm-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail"
  
  

This can affect:

• Universe Design Tool (UDT) - designer.exe
• Crystal Reports 2011 - CRW32.exe
• Information Platform Services - InstallIPS.exe
• Central Configuration Manager (CCM) - SvcMgr.exe
• Central Management Server (CMS) - CMS.exe

• During the installation of BI4.x a popup message occurs during "updating system landscape directory":
  
  "ActionAgentProc.exe has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Please close the program"
  
  

• The Windows Application Event Log will report the following (similar message):
  
  Source: SideBySide
  EventID: 33
  Description: Activation context generation failed for "c:\Program Files (x86)\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 12.0\win32_x86\designer.exe". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.CRT, processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50727.4053" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.
  
  
  
• In the CCM, Services may fail to start:
  
  ConnectionServer and ConnectionServer32 show as "Initializing"
  Crystal Reports Cache, Processing Servers, Dashboard Cache and Processing Servers show "Running with Errors" or "Failed statuses.  The Failed status displays:
  
   "The executable could not be launched. Possible reasons are insufficient RAM or disk space, or an invalid filepath or working directory. Actual reason: CreateProcess error=14001, 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"

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