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This actaully works for me, sounds dumb but damnn it really works.

 

Yep, this worked for me too. My variant of this was that i moved my DayZ_BE to the desktop, and then started DayZ normally from Steam. It started up, but crashed when trying to join a server. Then i put back the DayZ_BE to the original folder, and started the game again, and caboom, problem solved. 

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So I wanted to play DayZ and I got to open my game from my steam library and out of nowhere a message saying: 

 

"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 for more detail."

 

Any suggestions would be helpful, no 'uninstall and re-install please.'

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Type exactly this into your browser search bar:

 

"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 for more detail."

 

when I use this to search I get things like :

 

<< This is being caused by a missing C++ redistributable, vcredrist_x86.exe.

 

Fix:

1. Update windows, including security updates.

or

2. Manually download and install the appropriate version of vcredrist_x86.exe (link below).

 

Link to site: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26347  It is the 3rd file in that list. >>

 

 

Different sites seem to agree this C++ redistributable is the problem.

 

1 ) Update windows.

2 ) Check DayZ game integrity using Steam.

.. I guess that should fix it...

3 ) If you still have the problem download the correct C++ redistributable by hand (as long as you can work out which C++ redistrib is the good one for your system)

 

xx

 

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Any suggestions would be helpful, no 'uninstall and re-install please.'

Read the posts in this Topic, you may find the solution.

 

You can keep your money...

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I found a fix on accident I don't know If it will work for all but here it is. I went to my DayZ folder and I took my DayZ_BE application out of it and put it on my desktop. and then started DayZ.exe from the folder. I then got an error saying it was missing the executable, so I dragged the DayZ_BE application back into the DayZ folder and then I started DayZ from my desktop. I hope this helps anyone that couldn't find a fix.

 

This worked for me. I had recently re-installed Windows 8 and was "in between" a few different Windows Updates and got the error after a reboot and could no longer play the game.

 

Tried everything else including validate game files, reboot, etc. and finally gave this a shot and it worked! Thanks a lot.

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for quite a few people razer synapse causes this,

 

try uninstalling razer synapse

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Recently when playing DayZ I force quited the game rather than using the exit button. Whenever I have tried to load up DayZ after that I receive the following error message.

 

"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."

 

I've looked into what this error message is, and most solutions involve reinstalling visual c++ packages, all of them, which I've now done multiple times. Others include editing registry files which I've also done. I'm not sure what the command-line sxstrace.exe tool is, and all previous solutions I've tried have been unsuccessful, so I was wondering if someone with more technological knowledge than I would be willing to troubleshoot my problem and hopefully get me back to surviving on the fields of Chenarus, 

 

Thanks in advance. 

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Thanks in advance.

Merged, some have managed to fix the problem it seems.

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This actaully works for me, sounds dumb but damnn it really works.

 

It worked for me too?!?! I don't.... what? Why does this do anything? I spent hours doing every other suggestion on google with registry editing, unistalling and reinstalling visual c++ and this is what fixes it? ty based DayZ forums. 

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   ​Last Sunday I downloaded DayZ on my new PC <3. It worked great all night and there was absolutely no problems with the game. Then the next day I couldn't get it to work. It kept saying there was a problem with a side-by-side application. I was told I needed C++ files or something like that. They didn't help at all... I decided to uninstall the game and re-install it, and now when I click play or the short cut it does absolutely nothing. i couldn't even find the DayZ file on my PC. I only got the shortcut. I've re-installed the game 5 times now! Still have the same problem... Will someone please tell me how to fix this terrible problem?

 

-Cactus

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Pick it from your Steam library and download it?

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When making a Topic it is recommended to add key words, when searching for Topics it is recommended to use key words, in this case side by side.

 

Merging...

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