VCRUNTIME140_1.dll Missing: where to get?

Anonymous
2020-03-26T11:58:42+00:00

When trying to open app Creation Kit (for Bethesda's Skyrim SE computer game) ​I get error: "VCRUNTIME140_1.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem." Reinstalled app 3 times--but VCRUNTIME140_1.dll is still not on my Win10 machine, as per searches with FileExplorer.

Went to Microsoft.com to download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (which apparently contains VCRUNTIME140_1.dll as default); but MS blocked download, as I already have the newer 2017 version of program (which is needed for Fallout 4 and FO4 CK, as well as other new games). 

So I tried installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable, thinking it would provide VCRUNTIME140_1.dll---but it does not. 

How do I get VCRUNTIME140_1.dll? Using Google, there are internet ads from no less than FIVE 3rd party providers on the web offering to "help" with free downloads of this specific .dll--so it seems I'm not the only app user experiencing this problem. Google it, or use Edge, and see for yourself.

But I'd prefer to get this file from Microsoft if at all possible, unless there is a specific 3rd party provider you can recommend. Can you help me?

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Just got same error "VCRUNTIME1040_1.dll not found" when trying to open app Mod Organizer 2, a popular app for modding Bethesda games.

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DaveM121 934.2K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2020-03-26T12:00:36+00:00

Hi NubbyShober

Did you download and install both the x86 and x64 versions of the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 - 2019 Redistributable, that should resolve this provided you install both versions . . .

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-01-28T10:24:30+00:00

    Hi, I just wished to post up a thank you -TO YOU-!

    Thank you for taking the time to report your solution for the benefit of others.

    I'm an I.T. pro by trade and had failed to sort out the problem a couple of times myself previous to reading your input.

    My issue was game related but issue was essentially the same vcruntime140_1.dll not found error message etc.

    The game was called "The Pathless" when I tried to run I got the same error.

    I began by reading feedback/resolutions from reading this article:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/vcruntime1401dll-missing-where-to-get/268964c7-6910-4cdd-9a96-b03f4c1f6954

    I followed the link your posted:

    https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/  and proceeded to install "visual studio community" software which wasn't what I needed. Once I recognized this, I looked further down on the same page I saw the area I needed.

    I expanded the section labeled: "Other Tools, Frameworks, and Redistributables"

    Then to the right of the bold text: " Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2019" Where I could then click the radio button for each version the x64 and the x86, download and install each successfully.

    Presto my issue is resolved. I did not have to restart for my issue to be fixed, merely fyi.

    Be kind to me folks, I have been in IT for over 30 years but it still was a challenge(plus it was late for me like 4am lol), just from what seems should have been a seemingly small issue to overcome... and it was... eventually. with all the correct info.

    Anyhow, you all get the picture.

    Thank you so much for your help in resolving my issue Manish Bangia, and all of the other contributors!

    Very  Respectfully,

    John Boesen

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-02-16T16:31:29+00:00

    In Programs and Features, I selected the repair option for C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable x86 and x64 and that fixed this problem! Repair took a few seconds for each

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-28T22:20:51+00:00

    Why do people keep insisting on installing Visual C++? I don't fking NEED Visual C++. I see people reporting the problem on games, on MS Office fcol. I need this fixed for a 3D CAD program. I don't need nor want to install a programming tool that I don't use. It's mind boggling that MS did not simply step in with an honest download link of the required file. ONE FILE! and indicate where to drop that file. Installing a bunch of other software packages in hopes of accidentally dropping the needed library, is ridiculous. That's a solution fit for first line IT help desk people who are in truth bin stackers of the local fruit market, upgraded with a 2h "IT course" to fill the vacancies.
    Imagine your car's exhaust dropping because there's a bolt missing, and the dealer telling you to go buy an 18-wheeler with 3 spare trailers because then you'll find the right bolt somewhere in the undercarriage. That's what this solution is.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-06-22T06:47:06+00:00

    I ended up taking my PC to a "repair" shop. They installed the C++ redistribuables for 2015, 2017 and 2019 (yes, as others have pointed out, why do you need all 3 versions, but you seem to?).

    Do not download them from any other sites than the official Microsoft site.

    I checked just now, and the missing DLL has been installed in c:\windows\system32 and nowhere else.

    Hope this helps.

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