Error: The following component(s) are required to run this program: Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Runtime

[Ben]

Whenever I try to load the game, this happens:

Error: The following component(s) are required to run this program: Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Runtime

[Litoralis Littoralis]

Problem:


You download 129Mb and are unable to install Squad and see the following error message:

Error: The following component(s) are required to run this program: Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Runtime

Diagnosis:


Your PC has not run Windows Update in a long time, so long in fact that you do not have the Windows security updates required to install Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015.

Solution:

• Run Windows Update, download and install all the updates,
  
• Reboot,
  
• then try to install
  Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 x64 and x86 from here:
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145
  
• Install Squad.
  
  
  

  http://community.playstarbound.com/threads/starbound-and-visual-c-2015-installer-issues.100091/
  
  Starbound now uses Visual Studio 2015 for the windows builds, which means you need the Visual C++ 2015 runtime to run Starbound on windows. When you run starbound on steam it should automatically install both the 32 bit and the 64 bit versions of the Visual C++ 2015 runtime.
  
  This thread is for you if you are having trouble installing these runtimes, or experienced any of the following issues:
  
  Error: The program can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-I1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer.
  
  0x80240017 - Unspecified error
  
  Windows 7 requires Service Pack 1 to install the Visual C++ 2015 runtime. To see if you have Service Pack 1 installed:
  Click the Start button , right-click Computer, and then click Properties.
  This will open a control panel page with information about your computer.
  If Service Pack 1 is installed it will show under "Windows edition", if you do not see service pack 1 there you need to install it.
  If you have service pack 1 installed, or you are not on windows 7, it wouldn't hurt to install all available service packs anyway.
  
  For windows 8.1 a specific update is required (KB2999226). If for any reason you can't install this update, take a look at this thread for a possible solution: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...e-getting-error-failed-to-configure-per-machi
  
  These issues are not specific to starbound, but to visual c++ 2015, and if none of this helps you may be able to find an answer outside of the starbound forums. Please post here with any logs or other information that can help!]
  
  EDIT:
  
  Some people have reported uninstalling and reinstalling the .NET framework helping.

[Ben]

Thanks. I am trying to update windows but I cannot sucessfully install KB2919355.

[Litoralis Littoralis]

Ignore that one KB2919355. (set to never check for it again also so it doesn't happen each time you try to update windows) , it was a botched update:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/2608069/microsoft-windows/microsoft-reissues-botched-windows-8-1-update-kb-2919355.html

[Ben]

I have installed what I believe to be all the updates I can with the exception of KB2919355 and KB2961908. Do I need KB2961908?



My failed attempts to install KB2919355 came from a possible lead to an error that I get when trying to repair my Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015

Error: 0x80240017 - unspecified error

The error also occurs when installing Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015.

The lead came from users saying that installing the latest Microsoft .NET Framework, which is "4.6", helped solve their issues.

Paste bin error log of attempted repair: http://pastebin.com/xtPQDtzX

Error log from install: http://pastebin.com/9YF5FxPx

I can see x86 and x64 versions of Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015. under "Programs and Features". I can uninstall them but the error remains the same upon reinstalling and repairing.


Installed Programs (Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015):

https://i.imgur.com/34EuskQ.jpg


My installed Windows Updates:

https://i.imgur.com/05Ls104.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/iwwJyTC.jpg


Updates I can see in "Windows Update" (Having issues downloading them and installing them):

Optional: https://i.imgur.com/ETlwnne.jpg

Important: https://i.imgur.com/J4yfGix.jpg

DxDiag File of my PC here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ejlftn9vdzd0wyz/DxDiag.txt?dl=0

"ReportingEvents.log" file from C:\SoftwareDistribution:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a27rd1v10r0zj7b/ReportingEvents.log?dl=0


So you never installed KB2919355 and are able to play Squad?

[Ben]

I really want to play this game. I tried MS support multiple times and still got nowhere, maybe I just got bad support guys or MS support sucks. It's all up to a developer of the game now for me. I am basically dead in the water for installing anymore windows updates. :(

[Ben]

The same issue gives you this error when running the Squad.exe directly:

"The program can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."


Starbound had the same error(s) with "api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll/Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015", and the developer resolved the issue somehow. Maybe these links can help you, other developers, etc...?

The game known as "Starbound" apparently had this issue as well, and one of the developers resolved it.

http://community.playstarbound.com/threads/starbound-and-visual-c-2015-installer-issues.100091/

https://www.reddit.com/r/starbound/comments/3h6i75/instructions_how_to_get_new_nightly_build_to_run/cu4pkki

http://community.playstarbound.com/threads/api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0-dll.99689/

http://community.playstarbound.com/threads/starbound-and-visual-c-2015-installer-issues.100091/

I was a major Arma 2 realism fanatic and loved the gameplay of Project Reality back in the day. I am really hopping that I can wake up tomorrow to a solution to my issue, or atleast being able to here that it will be fixed or a dev comment on helping me to continue trying to resolve the issue. I was even the one to show my freinds Squad, which they then bought and downloaded. They haven't had any issues.

[Ben]

These two errors are the exact same thing fyi:

"Error: The following component(s) are required to run this program: Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Runtime"

"The program can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."

[Ben]

Litoralis Littoralis původně napsal:

We are using the absolute newest version of Visual C++ 2015. Microsoft requires your PC to be up to date for certain Windows Update Security Patches related to Visual C++ .

It's a bit of a PITA but you'll have a better secured PC out of it in the end. And you'll get to play Squad.


And most new games in 2016 will require these updates also, so get it done now.

Source: http://steamcommunity.com/app/393380/discussions/1/458604254436887767/#p1


Sounds like a grim future for me. Which updates do I need exactly, if any?

I can also provide more info regarding my issue if needed. I tried to provide any info I thought you needed in a post above this one.

[No-Neck]

I don't think you can expect the devs to fix this for you. The problem is your computer.

[Ben]

Well, after spending a long time already today trying. I got nowhere. Still have the issue with pretty much no hope of fixing it at the moment.

[Wittmann]

Sent you a friend request, I had this same issue and got it fixed. I'll walk you through it over Steam voice later today when I'm home.

[Ben]

New update to this issue. I made a full PC backup and backed up a lot of stuff individually as well. Then reinstalled Windows from a USB/DISK. The game works now! No more errors/issues!

[Ben]

Microsoft Support chat was really helpful regarding these issues. They also helped for free. We tried many conventional and unconvention things to fix the issue.

Dell was no help and wanted $250 before providing any help. Don't give them your money. They also sent out PCs with broken Windows install disks, and after realizing this, they sent out new CDs to affected computers, which I never got even though they claimed I did recieve a new fixed Windows CD, and they wanted $20 to send a new CD.


Long story short, this issue caused a partition error. As a result, I could not perform an in-place repair install (Only replaces Windows OS files and drivers, nothing else). So i made a full system image using the Windows feature. This feature is located at: "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Windows 7 File Recovery" but may be a bit different on your PC.

I also backed up individual files so I didn't have to go into the system image everytime I needed a file. But the system image provided the piece of mind that I could get back literally anything from my PC incase I forgot to back it up.



1. I burned Windows to a USB. I had the Dell Windows disk in my PC as well, but I have no idea which one was used for the reinstall.

2. After getting the Windows reinstall DVD or USB, I went into the boot menu and got the DVD/USB to boot first so that it would load the installer.

3. I then while in the installer had to clean both harddrives in order to use the custom install, because the other option would not work.

4. I used the command prompt. Typed "diskpart". "select drive 0", "clean". And then typed, "select drive 1", "clean". This got rid of the old Windows recovery and system partition in addtion to everything else. Basically both drives were formatted/cleaned of the broken Windows install.

5. Disk 1 was my SDD and disk 0 was my HDD. So I installed Windows on the SSD. Then went through the installer process.

6. I then used "Windows Update" to search for and install updates. Went through one round of 161 updates, then another round of 22 updates after the first group was done installing and the PC had restarted.

7. I then installed C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 for x64 and x86 and had no errors while installing it.

8. I installed Steam and the downloaded and installed Squad. Now I no longer have the issues.

9. The full system image backup of my PC with the broken Windows install means I can easily get any file I forgot to backup from my external drive meant for backups. Pretty easy to find and copy folders and files from old Windows install, to my new PC.

Full System Image Backups contain a complete copy of everything on your PC, and can be used to restore your PC to the moment in time when the image was made.