MSVCP140.dll / VCRUNTIME140.dll Missing

What is DLL_MISSING_MSVCP140?

An application error dialog stating that the program cannot start because MSVCP140.dll or VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found on your system. This DLL is part of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable framework.

Common Causes

• Visual C++ Redistributable package not installed
• File corrupted or deleted by antivirus

Step-by-Step Fix Guide

• 1
  Download and install Visual C++ Redistributable 2015-2022 from official Microsoft site

  Installing the combined Visual C++ package directly from Microsoft fixes 99% of missing runtime library dialogues.

• 2
  Reinstall the application

  SFC recovers system copies of the core libraries if they are locally corrupt.

• 3
  Run SFC tool

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