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How to fix “The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer”

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How to fix “The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer”

The error “The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer” appears when you try to open a program on a PC that has the Universal CRT installation, a part of the Visual C ++ Redistributable API is not installed correctly or the api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll file is missing or inaccessible.

Why “The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer” happen?

The DLL is a dynamic link library and is a component in many applications on the computer. Most applications use different link libraries.

If you need to access, the related DLL file will be loaded into memory and used. So when you open some applications like Adobe, Skype, Corel Draw, the message “The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer” . Most of the reason is because your computer is missing these DLLs.

How to fix “The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer”

Before start

You need to keep in mind that whenever you fix Windows 10 related errors, the first step you need to do is update the operating system. You go to Settings > Updates & Security > Windows Update to update.

After updating, press Windows + X to open the Power User Menu and select Command Prompt (Admin) to run the SFC (System File Checker) command under Admin.

From the Command Prompt window, enter the following command and press Enter:

sfc /scannow

Wait until the scan is complete. This is to let Windows check and replace the corrupted system files.

Now you re-enter the application to see if the problem has been resolved (usually not), then follow the steps below. Note that why I put this step on the head though most of the time after implementing the problem has not been resolved? The reason is that this preparation step will help your system return to the most stable state.

Method 1: Fix api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll error by installing or fixing the Visual C ++ 2015 Redistributable application package

Normally, you receive this error when you install Visual C ++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 package and the above DLL file is missing for some reason, if Redistributable Visual C ++ 2015 is not installed, you will receive another error message, so 99% You can fix this by reinstalling this section.

To do this, you need to download the Visual C ++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 package here . Click Download .

Choose 32-bit or 64-bit architecture, usually 64-bit now. Click Next to start downloading the file and install it on your computer.

Run the installation file, select the Repair button .

Wait until the process is complete and try again to see if it fixes it.

Method 2: Download the api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll file from the internet

You can use the solution to download the missing DLL file from the Internet and paste it into a specific location specified. Download file you can find here .

Method 3: Update Visual C ++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015

Download the Visual C ++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 installation file from Microsoft in the same way as in Method 1. However, instead of running Repair, select Uninstall, then run again and select Install to reinstall these components and then launch restart the computer.

Method 4: Update to Microsoft Visual C ++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017

Sometimes some programs use Microsoft Visual C ++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 instead of 2015. You may need to install this package here .

Hope these four solutions can help you fix the problem “The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer” .

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