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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

The program can't start because MSVCR110.dll is missing from your computer.

Problem: Sometimes we get following error while running a non windows application on windows box (Windows 7 in my case) . Like Apache webserver.


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httpd.exe - System Error
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The program can't start because MSVCR110.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.
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OK
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Reason : 

The right version of Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio is not installed.

Solution : 


1. Remove all previously installed Visual C++ Redistributables from your computer using Control Panel - Add Remove Programs.

2. Download Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 from following link :

                http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

3. Install This Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 and then run the application.

You should not receive the error this time.


Cheers !!!!!