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need help on error side-by-side configuration

#1 rayj0054

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Posted 13 April 2009 - 01:11 PM

when i try to load yahoo messenger and three other programs i get an error that says this application has failed to start because its side-by-side configutation is incorrect any help woould be aqppreciated
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#2 garmanma

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Posted 13 April 2009 - 04:49 PM

Try downloading the Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86)
32 Bit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en

64 Bit:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

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#3 rayj0054

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Posted 13 April 2009 - 08:23 PM

thanks mark i tried that but still the same

#4 rayj0054

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Posted 19 April 2009 - 09:30 AM

its me again the problem was my hdd. i had bad sector where sys files were located. had to do clean install on different hdd. if anybody has this problem run a disk scan on suspect hdd.
rayj005