解決Windows應用程序Side-by-Side錯誤

起因

前兩天寫了個小工具，在我的機器跑得好好的，QA的測試機里面卻死活跑不起來，一運行就出現一個聖誕框，報一個side by side的錯誤：

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.

郁悶至極，不過這個對話框卻提供了一點額外的信息：

use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail

於是Google了一下，sxstrace.exe是一個跟蹤調試應用程序的工具，看起來很不錯的樣子。

解決過程

按照 這個 帖子，先打開sxstrace.exe的調試模式：

sxstrace trace -logfile:C:/trace.bin

然后再打開應用程序，這時候在C盤根目錄的trace.bin已經生成了，於是退出sxstrace，再運行以下命令：

sxstrace parse -logfile:C:/trace.bin -outfile:C:/trace.log

因為sxstrace trace出來的文件是二進制的，所以用上述命令將其轉換成txt的。

打開trace.log，內容如下：

=================
Begin Activation Context Generation.
Input Parameter:
    Flags = 0
    ProcessorArchitecture = Wow32
    CultureFallBacks = en-US;en
    ManifestPath = C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\7zS4BF7914E\installer.exe
    AssemblyDirectory = C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\7zS4BF7914E\
    Application Config File =
-----------------
INFO: Parsing Manifest File C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\7zS4BF7914E\installer.exe.
    INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is (null).
    INFO: Reference: Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8"
INFO: Resolving reference Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8".
    INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture WOW64.
        INFO: Resolving reference for culture Neutral.
            INFO: Applying Binding Policy.
                INFO: No publisher policy found.
                INFO: No binding policy redirect found.
            INFO: Begin assembly probing.
                INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS.
                INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\9.0.21022.8__1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.DLL.
                INFO: Did not find manifest for culture Neutral.
            INFO: End assembly probing.
    INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture x86.
        INFO: Resolving reference for culture Neutral.
            INFO: Applying Binding Policy.
                INFO: No publisher policy found.
                INFO: No binding policy redirect found.
            INFO: Begin assembly probing.
                INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS.
                INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\9.0.21022.8__1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.DLL.
                INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\7zS4BF7914E\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.DLL.
                INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\7zS4BF7914E\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.MANIFEST.
                INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\7zS4BF7914E\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.DLL.
                INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\1\7zS4BF7914E\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.MANIFEST.
                INFO: Did not find manifest for culture Neutral.
            INFO: End assembly probing.
    ERROR: Cannot resolve reference Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8".
ERROR: Activation Context generation failed.
End Activation Context Generation.

看起來是 Microsoft.VC90.CRT.dll 這個reference沒有找到，這個是屬於 Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable 的一個動態鏈接庫。去M$的網站下一個裝上，一切就OK了。

總結

對於windows我一向沒有好感，不評價，寫這篇blog主要是為了記錄 sxstrace.exe 這個 工具，感覺用來debug不錯。