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0xC0150002: STATUS_SXS_CANT_GEN_ACTCTX

Windows Error Code Lookup: Decode Windows error codes: Win32, HRESULT (0x80070005), NTSTATUS, Windows Update, msiexec and blue-screen stop codes, with what to check next.

Paste the number from an error dialog, event log, script or setup log: 0x80070005, 80070005, -2147024891, 1603, 0xC0000005, a stop code like 0x7E, a name like E_ACCESSDENIED, or a few words. You get every way Windows could mean that number (an HRESULT often wraps a Win32 error, so 0x80070005 is "Access is denied" too), its parts decoded, and what to check for the common ones. Names and messages come from the Windows SDK headers and Windows' own message tables; see Microsoft's System Error Codes and [MS-ERREF] for the full references.

Try: 0x80070005, 1603, 0xC0000005, 0x800F081F, 0x8024402C, 0x7E, access denied

0xC0150002 = 3,222,601,730 = -1072365566

NTSTATUS 0xC0150002

STATUS_SXS_CANT_GEN_ACTCTX

Windows was not able to process the application binding information. Please refer to your System Event Log for further information.

Becomes the Win32 error: 14001ERROR_SXS_CANT_GEN_ACTCTX: 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.

Severity (bits 30-31)3: Error
Customer (bit 29)0: Microsoft
Facility21 (0x015) SXS_ERROR_CODE
Code2 (0x0002)