I recently had to do a PC Recovery on my Windows XP. Visual Studio is still here, as are all my other programs. Some programs worked, no problem. Others, like Chrome, I had to reinstall, but once I reinstalled, all my bookmarks and addons came back.
But with Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express, I'm having issues. I try to start it, and it gives me the following error:
This application has failed to start because MSVCR100.dll was not found. Re-installing
the application may fix this problem.
Okay, so I reinstall. I try to redownload the Microsoft Web Platform Installer. It tells me to download the .Net 2.0 Framework first. I do that. Additionally, I download the asp.net 4.0 Framework. I try to run the Web Platform Installer, and it tells me to download the .Net 2.0 Framework first again! I just did! When I try to start Visual Web Developer, it's back to the same error -- the MSVCR100.dll error.
Any suggestions? I've basically tried to do everything from scratch, but I'm at an impasse.
Apparently you are missing the MSVCR100.dll file which was probably removed during your PC Recovery. Download it and paste it into your C:\Windows\System32 directory. If you use a 64-bit version of Windows, you should also place msvcr100.dll in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
There is a possibility that you will be missing more dll files. If that's the case download them too and paste them in the same directory(s).
If you still get the same error try copying the dll file into your installation directory.
Try http://www.dll-files.com for dll files.