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Support HomeSolution CentersAdvanced SearchBuy ProductsShareWindows Live Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Digg it Yahoo Delicious StumbleUpon Yammer Reddit Technorati FriendFeed Email Article ID: 2525435 - Last Review: April 22, 2012 - Revision: 8.0 Prevent "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configurat ion is incorrect..." error starting Access View products that this article applies to. Expand all | Collapse all SymptomWhen trying to start Microsoft Office Access 2010 you may receive the fol lowing...When trying to start Microsoft Office Access 2010 you may receive the f ollowing error message:

The application has failed to start because the side-by-side configuration is in correct. Please see the application event log for more details. When you check the application event log you will see an entry similar to: Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Offi ce14\MSACCESS.EXE.Manifest". Error in manifest or policy file "" on line. A comp onent version required by the application conflicts with another component versi on already active. Conflicting components are: Component 1: C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b _9.0.30304.0_none_d9c474bda3593bfa.manifest. Component 2: C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b _9.0.30729.1_none_e163563597edeada.manifest. You may also see the following error message before you get the error message ab out the side-by-side configuration: This file association does not have a program associated with if for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Association control panel. Back to the top CauseThis issue is caused by a conflict with some of the files in the 2008 versi on of...This issue is caused by a conflict with some of the files in the 2008 ve rsion of the C run-time libraries. These libraries are part of the Visual Studio 2008 release, the version numbers start with 9.0. These libraries may be instal led with several different Microsoft and third party products. Back to the top ResolutionThe steps below resolve the issue by setting the default version of th e C run-ti...The steps below resolve the issue by setting the default version of the C run-time libraries to the highest version number you have installed on yo ur computer. To set the default version, you will need to modify the registry. Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by u sing Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require th at you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these pro blems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk. Windows Vista To open the Registry Editor, click the Start button and type regedit.exe (without the quotation marks) and press the ENTER key. If you see the User Account Contro l dialog box appear, click Continue. On the left side, expand the tree structure until you find the registry key that starts with "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMPONENTS\Winners\x86_policy.9.0.microsoft.vc9 0.crt_". Expand the key above. Below that key, you should see a 9.0 key. Select the 9.0 registry key. In the right pane, make note of the number you see in the Data column for the ro w where the Name is set to (Default), in case you need to revert to this number later. Look through the list of numbers in the Name column and find the highest number. Double-click the (Default) string value to open the Edit String dialog box. Replace the number in the "Value data" box with the highest number you saw in st ep #6. Click OK. On the File menu, click Exit to close the Registry Editor. After completing step #8 the issue may be resolved. If you continue to see the s ame problem restart the computer. You may also need to follow the steps below to correct the file association error message. After making this change to the registry you may still see file association erro r message. To correct that part of the problem, follow the remaining steps:

10. Locate the Access executable file (msaccess.exe). By default, on a 32-bit ve rsion of Windows this is located in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\ folder. On a 64-bit version of Windows this is located in "C:\Program Files (x8 6)\Microsoft Office\Office14\ folder. 11. Rename msaccess.exe to msaccess.old. 12. Start the installer to create a version of msaccess.exe. To do this, start A ccess using the Start Button, All Programs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Access 2 010. Windows 7 and Windows 2008 This problem is typically reported for computers running Vista. If you encounter the error message within a different environment, such as Windows 7 or Windows 2008, you can use the same steps listed in the Windows Vista section. The only d ifference is the registry key listed in step number 2. On computers running Wind ows 7 or Windows 2008 it will start with "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide\Winners\x86_policy.9.0.microsoft.vc90.crt_". Microsoft Office Access 2007 If you encounter the error message with Microsoft Office Access 2007, it will re lated to the 2005 version of the C run-time libraries. The version numbers of th ese libraries start with 8.0. You can still use the steps listed in the Windows Vista section; however, there will be two differences: In step number 2, the registry path will have x86_policy.8.0.microsoft.vc80.crt instead of x86_policy.9.0.microsoft.vc90.crt. In step number 3, you will need to select the 8.0 registry key. Back to the top More InformationTo view the application event log in Vista, follow the steps bel ow: Click the St...To view the application event log in Vista, follow the steps below: Click the Start button and then click Control Panel. Click System and Maintenance. Click Administrative Tools. Double-click Event Viewer. In the Console Tree on the left side, expand Windows Logs, and then click Applic ation. Back to the top Note This is a "FAST PUBLISH" article created directly from within the Microsoft support organization. The information contained herein is provided as-is in res ponse to emerging issues. As a result of the speed in making it available, the m aterials may include typographical errors and may be revised at any time without notice. See Terms of Use (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=151500) for ot her considerations. Back to the top -------------------------------------------------------------------------------APPLIES TO Microsoft Access 2010 Microsoft Office Access 2007 Back to the top Keywords: KB2525435 Back to the top

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Uninstall ALL of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable files listed within th e Add / Remove program list. There could potentially be several versions of eac h file listed for 2005, 2008, and 2010. Ex: Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistri butable, Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64), Microsoft Visual C++ 2 008 Redistributable, Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable. 2. Download and install all of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistr ibutable files from the X86 list below in the order listed. 3. Navigate to msaccess.exe on the machine and rename it to msa ccess.old. You may need to show file extensions before doing this. You can usu ally find it located here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\msac cess.exe. 4. Launch Access 2010 from the start menu by navigating to it i n the Program list or by searching for it. Don t launch it via a Pinned Item on t he taskbar.

X86: Download details: Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86 ) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C 13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=en Download details: Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=200B2FD9-AE1 A-4A14-984D-389C36F85647&displaylang=en Download details: Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86 ) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-43 91-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF&displaylang=en Download details: Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a5c84275-3b9 7-4ab7-a40d-3802b2af5fc2&displayLang=en Download details: Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86 ) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a7b7a05e-6de6-4d 3a-a423-37bf0912db84&displaylang=en

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