The year was 2013, and for a specific corner of the internet, the "Sxsi" project was the ultimate digital myth. While the rest of the world was busy complaining about the loss of the Start button in , a rogue developer known only as
End of Support for Windows 8:
The next time your x64 application fails to start with "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect," you won't just reinstall the VC++ redist. You'll fire up sxstrace, find the missing manifest dependency, and fix it like a pro. sxsi x64 windows 8