Valorant Update Causes VCRUNTIME140.dll Is Missing Error, How To Fix

• 02 September, 2020
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Valorant Update Causes VCRUNTIME140.dll Is Missing Error, How To Fix

After installing today’s Valorant 1.07 update, Windows users are reporting that they are unable to launch the game and are shown either a ‘VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing’ or ‘VCRUNTIME140_1.dll is missing’ error.

When building today’s update, Riot Games forgot to include a Windows dynamic link library (DLL) that is required to run the game

As these required DLLs are not installed in Windows, when you start Valorant, the game was displaying a ‘VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing’  or ‘VCRUNTIME140_1.dll is missing’ error.

“The program can’t start because vcruntime140.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.”

Or

“The program can’t start because vcruntime140_1.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.”

A later patch released tonight by Riot Games alerts users who start Valorant that they need to install the “Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Runtime.”

“The following component(s) are required to run this program: Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Runtime”

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To install this runtime and fix the vcruntime140.dll or vcruntime140_1.dll is missing error in Valorant, please follow these steps to download the latest Visual C++ Redistributable from Microsoft:

1. Go to this Microsoft support page.
2. Under ‘Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019’, download and install both the vc_redist.x86.exe (for 32-bit programs) and the vc_redist.x64.exe (for 64-bit programs).
3. After installing the runtimes, you may be asked to restart Windows. Do so if requested.
4. You should now be able to run Valorant again.

Users who have installed the runtimes in the past will not need to do so again.

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