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i have a 64bit windows7 and i want to run a 64bit executable which is not inside the c:\Program Files\ directory. i always get the error:

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect.

i think this is because the OS treats it as 32bit although it is 64bit.

how can i still run this executable?

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some more information would be cool, have you written the programm by yourself? I had a similar error once with a programm written in vs2005. – inf.ig.sh Aug 31 '10 at 14:21
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This is likely not an issue of the application not residing in the \Program Files\ folder, but is actually a missing library. Windows can detect whether the executable is 32-bit or 64-bit regardless of where the application is in the folder structure.

I see this error often when the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime has not been installed correctly. Where did this application come from? I would suggest contacting the original developer for support. You may also try downloading the latest version of the runtime from Microsoft to see if that fixes the problem.

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If you copied the exe from c:\programe files\, then you have to copy all other files and folders within the same folder. After that you may run it if you are lucky.

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