May 2020
Help desp needed!! my email is [edit: email address removed]. I have bought a new laptop and a desktop recently both with the capacity to hold the sims. without out thinking it would be a problem to download origin I bought the sims 4( cause I really really wanna play it) so the purchase went through and was paid for and i cant down load ORIGIN no matter what i have tried running I have tried saving and opening and it wont download it keeps giving me a error. It keeps saying
SYSTEM ERROR
THIS CODE EXECUTION CANNOT PROCEED BECAUSE VCRUNTIME 140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.
I have tried everything I know and yes also restarted and did on both comps and yet I got the same prob
Solved! Go to Solution.
May 2020
@ivangagne That file is part of the 2015 VC++ runtimes, which Origin needs to install properly. It's best to uninstall your current copies, if you have any, and then download new ones from Microsoft. Hit Windows key-i, select Apps, scroll down to Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable, click on both the x86 and x64 entries (if you have them), and select Uninstall. You can download new copies here. Be sure to install both the x86 and x64 versions.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145
Restart your computer, and try to install Origin again.
May 2020
@ivangagne That file is part of the 2015 VC++ runtimes, which Origin needs to install properly. It's best to uninstall your current copies, if you have any, and then download new ones from Microsoft. Hit Windows key-i, select Apps, scroll down to Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable, click on both the x86 and x64 entries (if you have them), and select Uninstall. You can download new copies here. Be sure to install both the x86 and x64 versions.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145
Restart your computer, and try to install Origin again.
July 2020
Worked for me! Big help! Thank you so much!!
July 2020
September 2020
Worked for me thanks
October 2020
Hi puzzleadict,
I have been experiencing the same issue when trying to run the exe file for C&C Remastered and have a question regarding the solution you posted above.
When I search for Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable in Apps, I see a number of these, but not one pertaining to 2015 (I see Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, 2010, 2013 and 2017).
Is it safe for me to uninstall all of these and then download and install the one you recommended?
Thanks
October 2020
@Mabus2016 It's safe to uninstall the other VC++ runtimes in that it won't break your computer. But other programs need those runtimes, or they wouldn't have been installed in the first place. The older runtimes (pre-2015) are all standalone and don't conflict with each other. But the 2017 runtimes are just newer versions of the 2015 runtimes.
If you have both the x86 and x64 versions of the 2017 runtimes, uninstall those two and then install the 2015 versions. Whatever program needs the 2017 runtimes will either update them automatically at some point or alert you that you need to do it yourself, so I wouldn't worry about it. If you only have one of the two 2017 runtimes (x86 or x64, but not both), try installing the 2015 version of the other one, and see whether Origin works. If it doesn't, go ahead and replace the 2017 version with the one from 2015.
October 2020
Thank you, this solution worked perfectly. I appreciate your help with this!
November 2020
Thanks!
December 2020