Fix SideBySide Error 59 On Windows 11/10 Computers [Tutorial]
11Fix SideBySide Error 59 On Windows 11/10 Computers [Tutorial]
On your Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer, while analyzing Event Logs in Event Viewer, you may notice the Event ID 59 error with the description Activation context generation failed. When this manifest or policy file error occurs, mostly when you launch certain apps and the app crashes, it usually goes unnoticed since there’s no adverse effect on your system. Nonetheless, this post provides suggestions you can try to fix the SideBySide Error 59, so that your system functionality is not impacted down the road.
Microsoft’s Windows operating system has a technology called Side by Side, which is nothing but executable files standard component introduced during Windows 98 and on the versions later. This protects the system from the problems caused by the DLLs (Dynamic Link Libraries) that are essential part of the system software. In the Side by Side, the windows saves the different versions of DLLs and retrieves the needed DLL when in demand so that it is free from dependency problems for all of the applications installed on the system. Recently many windows users reported that applications on their system has been crashed many times and when they checked their event logs, they found SideBySide Error 59 which means activation content generation failed.
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Some Windows 11users are reporting that the Event Viewer is filled with SideBySide Error 59 events signaling an ‘Error in manifest or policy file‘. On top of these error events, most affected users are also seeing a pop-up error when opening certain applications.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.