Anybody have a copy of MSVCR100.dll?

[Special Forces]

TL2 is currently crashing on startup and I think that's the reason why. It crashes If i try to start with or without mods. I read somewhere to delete my torchlight 2 settings file and mods folder but that did not work. Reinstalling does not fix the issue and steam says all files verified successfully. I have also tried installing on a different hard drive but I get the same issue. I have also tried deleting most of my steam folder to get steam to re-download most of it again but that also did not fix the issue. When I try to launch the mod launcher directly from the steam folder, I get the error "steamAPI_init()failed make sure steam is running." When I try to launch the game directly from the Torchlight 2.exe in the Torchlight 2 steam folder, I get the error "The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCR100.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem." Can I get some help here? I'm at my wits end lol. I have been able to play the game before but I've never had this problem.

[oldrocker99]

Google is your friend.
https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/msvcr100dll-is-missing-3589464/

[steffire3]

Originally posted by LINUXoldrocker99:

Google is your friend.
https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/msvcr100dll-is-missing-3589464/

Here is the important part:

Originally posted by techadvisor:

Programs and applications often require other files to be present on your computer, but sometimes this isn't the case. DLL stands for Dynamic Link Library and these files are used by many programs including games.

MSVCR100.DLL is a Microsoft Visual C++ file and is required by applications which were made with Visual C++. This includes many apps, including games, media players and more. It's annoying if it's missing from your computer, but it is relatively simple to fix.

How to install msvcr100.dll
The official way to install the file is to get the Visual C++ update from Microsoft.

The latest version can be found here on Microsoft's website. It includes both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions, so you don't need to know which version of Windows your computer has.

This is an uncommon problem that hampers some TL2 players. Have to re download those files from Microsoft themselves at their site.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555

[Special Forces]

You guys put me on the path to the answer I thank you. The weird thing is, I already had VC++ 2017 but when I tried running that I did not receive MSVCR100.dll. Only when I ran VC++ 2010 that I found in the Torchlight 2 steam install folder did I finally get MSVCR100.dll fixing the crash on startup. If anybody has a crash on startup issue where the game absolutely doesn't do anything when you try to launch it, try running the VC++ 2010 installer in the Torchlight 2 install folder. Thanks again.

EDIT: The real problem here is not the fact I needed to get MSVCR100.dll from MS. It's that for some reason when you install Torchlight 2 through steam it doesn't think it needs to run the VC++ 2010 installer if it sees that you have a newer version when it DOES need to run it. Otherwise it will not install MSVCR100.dll and the game will crash on startup.