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ERROR: Cannot resolve reference mozglue,language="*",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0". ERROR: Activation Context generation failed.

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There’s an issue when logging into the application. I tried to figure it out myself using an article, and thanks to it, I found the error. Please help me fix it. I haven’t tried reinstalling the program because I don’t remember the password.

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Begin Activation Context Generation. Input Parameter: Flags = 0 ProcessorArchitecture = AMD64 CultureFallBacks = ru-RU;ru;en-US;en ManifestPath = C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe AssemblyDirectory = C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\ Application Config File =


INFO: Parsing Manifest File C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe. INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is Mozilla.Thunderbird,processorArchitecture="*",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0". INFO: Reference: Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls,language="*",processorArchitecture="*",publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df",type="win32",version="6.0.0.0" INFO: Reference: mozglue,language="*",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0" INFO: Resolving reference Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls,language="*",processorArchitecture="*",publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df",type="win32",version="6.0.0.0". INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture AMD64. INFO: Resolving reference for culture ru-RU. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls\6.0.0.0_ru-RU_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture ru-RU. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture ru. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls\6.0.0.0_ru_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture ru. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture en-US. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls\6.0.0.0_en-US_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en-US. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture en. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls\6.0.0.0_en_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture Neutral. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: Auto Servicing Policy redirected assembly version. INFO: Post policy assembly identity is Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls,processorArchitecture="AMD64",publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df",type="win32",version="6.0.19041.4355". INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\manifests\amd64_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.19041.4355_none_60b8b9eb71f62e16.manifest. INFO: Manifest found at C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\manifests\amd64_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.19041.4355_none_60b8b9eb71f62e16.manifest. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui,language="*",processorArchitecture="AMD64",publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df",type="win32",version="6.0.19041.4355". INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture AMD64. INFO: Resolving reference for culture ru-RU. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui\6.0.19041.4355_ru-RU_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture ru-RU. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture ru. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui\6.0.19041.4355_ru_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture ru. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture en-US. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui\6.0.19041.4355_en-US_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en-US. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture en. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui\6.0.19041.4355_en_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference mozglue,language="*",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0". INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture mozglue,language="*",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0". INFO: Resolving reference for culture ru-RU. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture ru-RU. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture ru. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture ru. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture en-US. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en-US. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture en. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture Neutral. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozglue.DLL. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozglue.MANIFEST. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozglue\mozglue.DLL. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozglue\mozglue.MANIFEST. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture Neutral. INFO: End assembly probing. ERROR: Cannot resolve reference mozglue,language="*",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0". ERROR: Activation Context generation failed. End Activation Context Generation.

There’s an issue when logging into the application. I tried to figure it out myself using an article, and thanks to it, I found the error. Please help me fix it. I haven’t tried reinstalling the program because I don’t remember the password. ================= Begin Activation Context Generation. Input Parameter: Flags = 0 ProcessorArchitecture = AMD64 CultureFallBacks = ru-RU;ru;en-US;en ManifestPath = C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe AssemblyDirectory = C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\ Application Config File = ----------------- INFO: Parsing Manifest File C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe. INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is Mozilla.Thunderbird,processorArchitecture="*",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0". INFO: Reference: Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls,language="*",processorArchitecture="*",publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df",type="win32",version="6.0.0.0" INFO: Reference: mozglue,language="*",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0" INFO: Resolving reference Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls,language="*",processorArchitecture="*",publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df",type="win32",version="6.0.0.0". INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture AMD64. INFO: Resolving reference for culture ru-RU. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls\6.0.0.0_ru-RU_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture ru-RU. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture ru. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls\6.0.0.0_ru_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture ru. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture en-US. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls\6.0.0.0_en-US_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en-US. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture en. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls\6.0.0.0_en_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture Neutral. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: Auto Servicing Policy redirected assembly version. INFO: Post policy assembly identity is Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls,processorArchitecture="AMD64",publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df",type="win32",version="6.0.19041.4355". INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\manifests\amd64_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.19041.4355_none_60b8b9eb71f62e16.manifest. INFO: Manifest found at C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\manifests\amd64_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.19041.4355_none_60b8b9eb71f62e16.manifest. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui,language="*",processorArchitecture="AMD64",publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df",type="win32",version="6.0.19041.4355". INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture AMD64. INFO: Resolving reference for culture ru-RU. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui\6.0.19041.4355_ru-RU_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture ru-RU. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture ru. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui\6.0.19041.4355_ru_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture ru. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture en-US. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui\6.0.19041.4355_en-US_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en-US. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture en. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No publisher policy found. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC_64\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui\6.0.19041.4355_en_6595b64144ccf1df\Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls.mui.DLL. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference mozglue,language="*",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0". INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture mozglue,language="*",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0". INFO: Resolving reference for culture ru-RU. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture ru-RU. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture ru. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture ru. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture en-US. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en-US. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture en. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en. INFO: End assembly probing. INFO: Resolving reference for culture Neutral. INFO: Applying Binding Policy. INFO: No binding policy redirect found. INFO: Begin assembly probing. INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozglue.DLL. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozglue.MANIFEST. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozglue\mozglue.DLL. INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozglue\mozglue.MANIFEST. INFO: Did not find manifest for culture Neutral. INFO: End assembly probing. ERROR: Cannot resolve reference mozglue,language="*",type="win32",version="1.0.0.0". ERROR: Activation Context generation failed. End Activation Context Generation.

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