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
    2020-09-09T20:18:53+00:00

    Thank you so much Dave, my problem is solved.

    It was about VC_redist.x64 2015 - 2019 that removed.

    Now I reinstalled it and anything works well.

    Thank you!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-09-02T02:21:58+00:00

    I uninstalled and reinstalled MS Visual C++,2015,2017,2019, x64 and 86, it did not work for me.

    for some random reason, 2 of my applications on my windows 10 machine decided to throw that error

    "The code execution cannot proceed because vcruntime140_1. dll was not found"

    for me, it was Plex Media player, and Skype for business (part of the office2019 suite)

    What did work for me though, I was able to locate "vcruntime140_1.dll" from another machine / installation and I copied the file into the same directory as the executable, and the application(s) stopped complaining about that dll being missing.

    not saying that'll work for everyone, but it definitely worked for me.

    Same here . . . .  Some Adobe apps wouldn't run. I found the file on another PC, copied it and my problem was fixed. Simple way of fixing a problem that MS should be fixing themselves I reckon!

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-02T01:55:09+00:00

    Hey, 

    I had the same problem. I figured it out if you follow this link 

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

    this should help your problem. You would need the 2015-2019 version. Not the 2015 version. 

    Hope this helps :)

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