NTSTATUS 0xC015000A (STATUS_SXS_WRONG_SECTION

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the activation-context query uses a section type that does not match.

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STATUS_SXS_WRONG_SECTION_TYPE

The query asks for the wrong activation-context section type

STATUS_SXS_WRONG_SECTION_TYPE means that the requested activation-context section type does not match the kind of query being made. It is a caller/query contract failure: the context can be valid, but the selected section lookup API or information class is incompatible with the data being requested.

It differs from STATUS_SXS_SECTION_NOT_FOUND, where the requested type is valid but absent, and from STATUS_SXS_KEY_NOT_FOUND, where the section exists but a particular entry is missing. Inspect the API contract before changing manifests.

What to inspect

Record the exact QueryActCtx, FindActCtxSectionString or FindActCtxSectionGuid call and its flags.
Confirm whether the target data is keyed by string, GUID, assembly index or an assembly/file query index.
Check the corresponding manifest declaration only after the query type is known to be correct.

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