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STATUS_SXS_MANIFEST_PARSE_ERROR
The XML manifest cannot be parsed
STATUS_SXS_MANIFEST_PARSE_ERROR indicates an XML-level syntax problem in a manifest: malformed markup, an unclosed attribute or element, an invalid entity, or similar input that prevents a document from being parsed. Windows cannot reach dependency resolution until the XML itself is readable.
It is narrower than STATUS_SXS_MANIFEST_FORMAT_ERROR. A document can be valid XML yet violate the Windows SxS manifest schema; conversely, a parse error should be corrected in the XML syntax before investigating assembly identities or the component store.
What to inspect
- Validate the exact manifest bytes with an XML parser and use the reported line and column from the first failure.
- Check the saved encoding and any build-time transformation that injects XML declarations, entities or quoted attributes.
- After XML parses, validate side-by-side namespace, required elements and identities as a separate step.
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