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ERROR_SXS_XML_E_UNCLOSEDENDTAG
ERROR_SXS_XML_E_UNCLOSEDENDTAG (0x000036ED) is a Windows Side-by-Side XML parser status for application, assembly, policy, or configuration manifest processing.
The parser recognized end-tag syntax beginning with </ and a name, but the tag never completed with >. The element name itself may be valid even though the end-tag delimiter is incomplete.
Parser boundary
XML end tags have the form </Name S?>. Attributes do not belong in an end tag, so extra tokens after the name can also occupy the place where the parser expects the final greater-than sign.
What to inspect
- Inspect the end tag at the trace position and add the missing
>only after confirming the element name is complete. - Remove attributes or copied start-tag text accidentally appended to an end tag.
- Check for file truncation if the incomplete end tag occurs at the physical end of a generated or embedded manifest.
Use the SxS trace to find the manifest and malformed closing tag; this status is more specific than the general unclosed-tag list and should be repaired first.
References
- Microsoft: System Error Codes 12000-15999
- Microsoft: Side-by-Side manifest files reference
- Microsoft: sxstrace
- W3C: XML 1.0
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