go to /Electronic Arts\Battlefield 4\__Installer\vc\vc2012Updates\redist and reinstall vcredist_X64 if you have a 64bits pc or vcredist_86 is you dont. It fixes it for me
9 years later....
I encountered this issue for the first time. Tried all of the solutions to below no avail, but came across this recommendation on another forum and it worked. Basically downloaded and ran all of the vc_redist update and service pack files from 2010, 2012, 2013 and one file covering 2015,2016 and 2019 from the Microsoft support site. Pre-2010 are no longer supported.
Conveniently, they can all be found here at this link:
For some it was an install and others it was a repair. Whole process took about 10 minutes.
Note: that these files (MSVCP110.dll and MSVCR110.dll) are found in the C:\Windows\System32 and C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ directories. I verified that they were, in fact, missing.
Now the game plays in both x86 and x64 modes.
Big question is how did this happen? This is the first time I've played BF4 in a long while. Did not have any issues with BFBC2 or BF3.
