api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing when opening Microsoft Office file

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Ahmad Raza picture Ahmad Raza · Oct 21, 2015 · Viewed 1.1M times · Source

I am facing this .dll library missing error:

This programme can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing. Try to reinstall this.

When I try to open an Microsoft Office file.

How do I solve that?

Answer

alireza picture alireza · Oct 22, 2015

The default solution is to install KB2999226 of Microsoft.