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Anonymous
9 years ago
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MSVCP80.dll is missing?

FINALLY got the game to patch, and when I clicked "Play" I got a pop-up saying: "The program can't start because MSVCP80.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this p...
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proxos666
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9 years ago

@tulipbc

If you go into add/remove programs , you should what Microsoft visual C++ is installed , now if you click on the listing there should be a modify button , use that and select repair and see if this helps initially

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proxos666
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9 years ago

@tulipbc

If that doesnt help do a search of your drive and see if any listing appears for MSVCP80.dll

tell me where it is located

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    proxos666
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    9 years ago

    @tulipbc

    I think that file belongs to 2005 C++ here  , the game uses 2008 or 2010 by memory so not sure why the error for that file at present

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      Anonymous
      9 years ago
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      Yes, I actually redownloaded that c ++ 2005 that the file belongs to. I did a search for the file on my disk, and got 7 results. 3 of those are in other game folders, and the other 4 are in c:/windows/winsxs/x86_microsft.vc80.crt_ ect ect ect...

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        proxos666
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        9 years ago

        @tulipbc

        If you want to try something , copy one of those into the following folder location

        C:\Windows\SysWOW64

        let me know if helps or not

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