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I had to restore my system due to an error caused by my internet provider. How can I re-install the MSVCP100.dll file that is now missing on my
OS Windows XP?
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Hi,
1. Have you made any changes to the computer recently?
2. When exactly are you getting this message?
3. What is the complete error message or error code?
I would suggest you to perform a SFC scan and check if it helps.
Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker (Sfc.exe): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747
Note: You requires Windows XP disc to perform a SFC scan.
why my computer is missing msvcp100.dll ?
how to install it ?
First note that the reply from the Microsoft engaged alleged "expert" marked as the Answer is impossible to be the answer.
The System File Checker does not know or care about the MSVCP100.dll file and suggesting it is akin to saying "I have no idea what the problem is or how to fix it".
Looking at my XP system that file gets installed with the Windows C++ 2010 Redistributable:
You need to install that and you can do that from this link:
Click here for the 32-bit download
Click here for the 64-bit download
Note that the system requirements say you must have SP3 installed so if you don't have that installed I would install that first.
I had to restore my system due to an error caused by my internet provider. How can I re-install the MSVCP100.dll file that is now missing on my
OS Windows XP?
thanks
I am on OS
Let me assure both Microsoft engaged Support Engineer "experts" that there is a list of the 3498 files that the System File Checker knows about and if you were to make some effort to understand how SFC works you would see that msvcp100.dll is not in the list.
That tells us that you have not recreated the problem and followed you own advice to "check if it helps" - which it won't.
You can find the 3498 SFC Files list here:
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=EC673DF6F8DFEE84&id=EC673DF6F8DFEE84!109
If it is not in the list, Windows File Protection and therefore SFC doesn't know or care about the file - and let me assure you with 100% certainty that SFC will not replace missing files in the system32 folder which is where the file is supposed to be... that is not how sfc /scannow works, that is not what it does and that is not what it is for.
Suggesting sfc /scannow is akin to saying "I have no idea what the problem is or how to fit it."
Another wild goose chase from the MS Answers "experts".
