The is almost always fixed by installing Visual C++ 2005 SP1 (x86) . Once that’s done, Prince of Persia (2008) should launch without issues.
sxstrace trace -logfile:sxs.etl Run the game until the error, then: prince of persia 2008 launcher side by side error
cd C:\Windows\WinSxS for /f %s in ('dir /b *.manifest') do regsvr32 /s "%s" This is rarely needed – try only if other steps fail. Download Microsoft’s sxstrace.exe : The is almost always fixed by installing Visual