Missing DLL Error When Launching App — Tried Fixes, Still Not Working

[chesloner]

Hey everyone,
I'm having a really frustrating issue with a missing DLL file. Every time I try to launch [insert app/game name], I get this error:

"The program can't start because VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing from your computer."

I already tried the following:

Downloaded the VCRUNTIME140.dll from dll-files.com and placed it in the app folder and C:\Windows\System32

Ran sfc /scannow — no issues found

Reinstalled the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable (both x86 and x64)

Still no luck. The same error pops up every time. Has anyone experienced something similar? Could this be related to a Windows update or maybe another missing dependency?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[AthenaHa]

Go to this official Microsoft link:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/w ... -vc-redist