If you receive an error The program can’t start because MSVCP140.dll is missing from your computer when trying to open a program like WAMP Server, Skype, or some Game, then this article may help you. This occurs when the program you are trying to run requires the MSVCP140.dll file to be present on your computer system. MSVCP140.dll is a Microsoft C Runtime Library file of size around 626 KB, located in the System32 folder, and is installed by Microsoft Visual Studio. If any DLL file goes missing or gets corrupted, you can see such error messages on your screen. These suggestions will apply if MSVCP100.dll is missing as well.
MSVCP140.dll is missing
DLL stands for Dynamic Link Libraries and are external parts of applications that run on Windows or any other operating systems. Most applications are not complete in themselves and store code in different files. If there is a need for the code, the related file is loaded into memory and used. If the OS or software is not able to find the concerned DLL file, or if the DLL file is corrupted, you could receive a DLL file is missing message.
We have already seen what to do if a Program can’t start because d3compiler_43.dll is missing or if some program can’t start because MSVCR110.dll is missing, now let us see what you can do in this case.
Downloading the missing dll file from the internet and pasting it to a particular place is not the actual solution. You can try that method, but you may not get any positive result from it.
Reinstalling the program that is throwing up this error may help so try it. Perhaps its installation package includes this file.
The other option to solve this problem is to install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio on your computer.
Close all your open application using the program window or the Task Manager. Having done this, you can go and download it from Microsoft. Install the Runtime component and restart your computer and see.
It should have helped, and the error message should not appear.
TIP: If the DLL file is present on your computer, but you still receive this error message, you may need to re-register the DLL file.
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