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Side-by-side assembly

Side-by-side assembly (SxS, or WinSxS on Microsoft Windows) technology is a standard for executable files in Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000, and later versions of Windows that attempts to alleviate problems (collectively known as "DLL Hell") that arise from the use of dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) in Microsoft Windows. Such problems include…

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WinSxS (Windows component store)

Hard linkedWindows ExplorerTrusted InstallerServiceSID
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Manifest format

XMLURNClickOnceResource
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Operation

ManifestWindows VistaConfiguration file
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Disk space

DISM
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Side-by-side assembly

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples1
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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windows manifest dll winsxs versions sxs activation files file directory may version application system multiple side-by-side store disk microsoft problems

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ClickOnce employ the same manifest format.Example manifestThe following is an example of a manifest for an application that depends on a C runtime DLLinstance ofSeveral other recent Microsoft technologies0.80text

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