Side-by-side Component Sharing – SXS.DLL

SXS.DLL implements side-by-side component sharing, a core system component on Windows XP. Nearly all of the instances of this file on the web relate to a Windows XP installation error. Often when upgrading to Windows XP, you may see sxs.dll mentioned with a "manifest error" that causes the installation to fail. A fix for this problem cna be found at http://www.lecour.net/richard/archives/000050.html.

This file may also appear as "rundll32 sxs.dll".

Safe

Required

Microsoft