This can be beneficial to other community members reading this thread. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture Neutral. 1202 - Source : SideBySide 1203 - Description : Generate Activation Context failed for C:WINDOWSWinSxSx86Microsoft. MSDN Community Support Please remember to click 'Mark as Answer' the responses that resolved your issue, and to click 'Unmark as Answer' if not. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\YouCam\\. Since we are missing an assembly, the only solution is that reference assembly should be in the machine we are running our application on. Code: Select all ~ $ sh winetricks vcrun2005 You can go to C:\Windows\WinSxs folder and manually verify this dependent assembly is there or not.