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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a fairly simple Haskell program which I build with cabal, which ends up seemingly successful with an executable (apl.exe).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(but what a path(!):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#012456;text-autospace:none"><span style="color:white"> . \dist-newstyle\build\x86_64-windows\ghc-8.10.1\apl-0.0.1\build\apl\apl.exe
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Running that gives an error:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Program 'apl.exe' failed to run: The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">is incorrect. Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">detailAt line:1 char:1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">+ ./apl<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">+ ~~~~~.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">At line:1 char:1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">+ ./apl<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">+ ~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> + CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [], ApplicationFailedException<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandFailed<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Looking in the Windows event viewer, it reports:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"> Activation context generation failed for "…\apl.exe". Error in manifest or policy file "…apl.exe" on line 2. Invalid Xml syntax.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sxstrace did not seem to give any additional information:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Begin Activation Context Generation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Input Parameter:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> Flags = 0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> ProcessorArchitecture = AMD64<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> CultureFallBacks = en-US;en<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> ManifestPath = D:\CS\Courses\CS505 -APL\Labs & Hmwks\Dsem Labs -Haskell Solns\dist-newstyle\build\x86_64-windows\ghc-8.10.1\APL-0.0.1\build\APL\apl.exe<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> AssemblyDirectory = D:\CS\Courses\CS505 -APL\Labs & Hmwks\Dsem Labs -Haskell Solns\dist-newstyle\build\x86_64-windows\ghc-8.10.1\APL-0.0.1\build\APL\<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> Application Config File =
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">-----------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">INFO: Parsing Manifest File D:\CS\Courses\CS505 -APL\Labs & Hmwks\Dsem Labs -Haskell Solns\dist-newstyle\build\x86_64-windows\ghc-8.10.1\APL-0.0.1\build\APL\apl.exe.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is (null).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"> ERROR: Line 2: XML Syntax error.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">ERROR: Activation Context generation failed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">End Activation Context Generation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Online some posts suggest installing a current VC_redist – I did that, no relief.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any suggestions on what is causing this, and a fix?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Running GCH: 8.10.1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cabal: 3.2.0.0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Windows 10<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Gregory Guthrie<o:p></o:p></p>
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