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ERROR_SXS_XML_E_MISSINGQUOTE
ERROR_SXS_XML_E_MISSINGQUOTE (0x000036CE) is a Windows Side-by-Side XML parser status for application, assembly, policy, or configuration manifest processing.
This code is the opening-delimiter counterpart to ERROR_SXS_XML_E_EXPECTINGCLOSEQUOTE. The parser reached a grammar position that requires a quoted literal and the next token did not start with either a single or double quote.
XML rule involved
XML attribute values and several declaration values are quoted. A bare value such as version=1.0 is not equivalent to version="1.0" in XML, even if another configuration format would accept it.
What to inspect
- Inspect the value that follows the relevant equals sign and add a matching XML quote pair around the complete literal.
- Check whether a preprocessing step stripped quote characters while expanding environment variables or template placeholders.
- Review the previous token for a missing equals sign, because a malformed attribute can put the parser in the wrong string-literal state.
Locate the exact manifest with sxstrace and fix the first missing opening quote; later quote-related diagnostics may be secondary parse fallout.
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