side-by-side error in event log

[ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm]

does anyone know the solutiont to this:

Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Audio Device Selection Unicode\CTAudSeu.exe".Erroranifest or policy file "C:\Program Files (x86)\Creative\Audio Device Selection Unicode\CTAudSeu.exe" on line 2. Multiple requestedPrivileges elements are not allowed in manifest.

This comes up in eventlog if I try and run the above exe and says it's side by side configuration is incorrect, it's been like that for months and now I'm curious if it can be solved, my audio works fine with the error occuring btw.

After some extensive searching and reading various articles and comments, it's got something to do with either visual c++, visual basic or winsxs or all three. I ran CheckSUR and it found no problems, but from reading various sites I might be missing some files it needs to run.

I also did a sxstrace and got this:

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Begin Activation Context Generation.

Input Parameter:

Flags = 0

ProcessorArchitecture = Wow32

CultureFallBacks = en-US;en

ManifestPath = C:\CTAudSeu.exe

AssemblyDirectory = C:\

Application Config File =

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INFO: Parsing Manifest File C:\CTAudSeu.exe.

INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is CTAudSeu,processorArchitecture="X86",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0".

INFO: Reference: Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls,language="*",processorArchitecture="X86",publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df",type="win32",version="6.0.0.0"

ERROR: Line 2: Multiple requestedPrivileges elements are not allowed in the manifest.

ERROR: Activation Context generation failed.

End Activation Context Generation.

I checked the winsxs folder and the common controls 6.0.0.0 file exists, I still don't know what the error means though. Anyone here experienced this before? I'm pretty sure the program worked on vista.

[Aldur82]

Are you running a 64-bit version of Windows? If you notice the bit that says 'processorArchitecture="X86"', that's the bit which is causing the problem. In the manifest, both the X86 and X64 versions are listed which windows sees as a conflict.

If you do a quick google search you should be able to find the steps to fix the 'problem' (it doesn't cause any problems, just errors in the event log).

[ThisSiteHasLostItsCharm]

hi, yea that much I figured out, that being there's a file conflict, but what do I remove? the x86 one or the x64 one? I've done many searches but nothing much comes up that relates to my problem, some come close but still don't give me clear info on how to solve it. I hate these winsxs things because one wrong move and you mess up windows.

[Aldur82]

I never actually found the solution for my errors. I found a process to try, tried it...and nothing happened.

So now I just live with the errors in the event log.

My errors aren't even for anything I use (Form Designer for Adobe, which isn't even technically installed on my machine but gets installed in the background...so you can't run it, but it's there).