Today’s world is the world of technology. We all spend a lot of time on internet on our computers, laptops or other devices and we also find various errors while using these. Error “api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll download is missing” is one of those errors. Errors are very irritating because these can delay some important tasks. This error appears on your screen when you are unable to open a file or program.
This fault may occur when you try to open programs such as Microsoft office, coral draw, Autodesk, Skype, smart FTP software or adobe applications etc. Dll (Dynamic Link Libraries) are the external components of the applications running on windows or additional operating systems. This error may arise when installing windows or adobe software.
Errors are very common issues most of users see when working on the computer or internet. If you have not installed Microsoft package on your system ever, then the software that need that specific dll from library will not open and show this error. And if you have installed Microsoft package and that became corrupted or lost somehow, in that case also you can get this error.
There are so many applications which do not hold all their data inside them but store that in the form of codes in various files. Dll is a kind of extrinsic file that is used to store the components of software or applications. This Dynamic Link Libraries (DLL) allows the app or software run on the operating system of a computer.
If you have “api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing” on your computer, it means a part of visual C++ redistributable (universal CRT) is not getting installed properly or api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll file is corrupted or lost. The whole computer network works on the visual studio. If you see this error on your computer, don’t panic. There are varieties of methods to fix this error.
Quick fixes you should try just after you see the error “api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing” on your screen:
- If you have deleted dll file mistakenly then open the recycle bin and now in the search box type “api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll” in search box. If you find it in results then simply click on it and select the “restore” option to recover the dll file.
- You should always have a professional antivirus in your computer. Run a complete antivirus scan. If the computer is showing this error mistakenly or not finding the dll file because of some other reason then antivirus scanning can fix it.
- Check out which applications are not getting open. Uninstall all those apps and then install again from official websites.
Now let’s talk about the fixed solution for “api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing” Error:
Download the windows update:
You can download the software by the way of windows update.
Step1: open the search box and type “update”. Now if you are using window 10 then click “check for updates” and if you are using window 7 then click “window update”.
Step2: in window update page you will see “install now”, “install updates” or “check for updates” options depending on the window on your computer. Click any of these options.
Step3: reopen the computer system and repeat the same steps until there are no more available updates. Then open the program or file to confirm if the problem is resolved or not. If the problem remains same then try out the next solution.
Download visual C++ redistributable directly through Microsoft:
You can visual C++ redistributable directly with Microsoft following these steps.
Step1: go to the “Microsoft download centre”
Step2: click “download”.
Step3: choose your system type i.e. x64 or x86 for 32 bites and then click on “next” tab. If you have no idea about your system type then type “system” in the search box of your computer and click “system information” now you can see all the details about your system.
Step4: make sure that the download gets start quickly. After the download finish click “.exe file”. Now you will see the commands on your screen. Follow these commands and check the error has gone or not.
Fix visual C++ redistributable for visual studio 2015:
If you are having visual C++ redistributable in your computer but still the error “api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing” appears on your computer system then you can give a try to fix it yourself on your computer.
Step1: open the search box and type “control panel”
Step2: now click on “programs and features” to get the next page.
Step3: click the column “Microsoft visual C++ 2015 redistributable” and then click “change”.
Step4: just click “repair” tab. After that you will get a prompt command from user account control. Click “yes” and follow the guidelines you will get on your computer screen to finish the restoration process.
Take the “api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll” file from any other computer:
Yes, you can do that. You can copy “api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll” file from some other computer (that computer should have similar operating system like your computer).
Step1: you need to get a computer having same type of window system you are having in your computer.
Open the search box and type “system information” and click it.
In next window you can see the information about your system. Copy “dll file” from there and follow the next step.
Step2: press both the keys “window+E” to open the “file explorer”.
Click C:/Windows/System32. In right side at the top you can see a search box type “api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll” in that box and press “enter” key on your keyboard. After that if you can’t see any results then go to C:/Windows/Sys WOW64 and repeat the same procedure again. When you find the “dll file” you have to copy it and paste it at the same place where you found this file on other computer.
Update the universal C runtime (Universal CRT):
When it comes to window 10, universal CRT is an integral part of operating system. So you may not solve this error by skipping Universal C runtime. Open the Microsoft centre and download the update for universal CRT. Wait till the download process finish and after that install all of its components. Then restart your computer and you can see that the error is disappeared.
Conclusion:
If you have recently installed or updated the windows in your computer then there are more chances to get “api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll missing” error. I have shared some quick fixes and solutions to get rid of this error, which are very easy to follow. You don’t need to be a tech-smart person to use these solutions in order to resolve this error.
