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Anonymous
8 years ago
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Mass effect 2: Missing DLL MSVCR100.dll 0x7E

______   Hey. the day before yesterday I was playing ms2. but then the game froze in a way, where I had to log of my user to do anything. when I tried to open it again. I got the error: "invali...
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    YEAH! I fixed it myself.. finely...

    I uninstalled every 2005 c++ on my computer(don't do that :P) and found that the 8.0.50727.42 is the one that mass effect 2 uses.

    I went to D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 2\__Installer\vc\vc2005\redist and insttaled the 32 bit (you might have a slightly different installation folder, eg c:\)

    Then I went to microsoft.com to download the 64bit verions.

    I started the game before I installed the 64bit version, and that didn't work, but when I had both, it started fine.

    this is a link to the 64bit version, but it might not work in a couple of months, I tried links from others when i was looking for the solution and they didn't work for me.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=21254

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
8 years ago

YEAH! I fixed it myself.. finely...

I uninstalled every 2005 c++ on my computer(don't do that :P) and found that the 8.0.50727.42 is the one that mass effect 2 uses.

I went to D:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 2\__Installer\vc\vc2005\redist and insttaled the 32 bit (you might have a slightly different installation folder, eg c:\)

Then I went to microsoft.com to download the 64bit verions.

I started the game before I installed the 64bit version, and that didn't work, but when I had both, it started fine.

this is a link to the 64bit version, but it might not work in a couple of months, I tried links from others when i was looking for the solution and they didn't work for me.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=21254

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    EA_David
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    8 years ago

    Thanks for the update, hopefully this will help with anyone who's encountering this particular issue in future. 

    Cheers. 

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      8 years ago

      I've been encountering this problem now. And I tried all the solutions. None of them have worked for me.

      • holger1405's avatar
        holger1405
        Hero+
        8 years ago

        @elF4cho

        You have the exact same error, "DLL MSVCR100" missing?

        The "DLL MSVCR100" is part of the "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package".

        • Make sure Origin and the game are closed.
        • Download the C++ 2010 Redistributable Package from here and here.
        • Install both packages (run the the install exe as administrator) > reboot > test

        If that don't helps, disable "cloud saves" inside Origin.

        Close Origin and move the "Save" and the "BIOGame" folder from your "Documents\Bioware\Mass Effect 2" folder to your desktop > test

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