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Trying to reinstall FF but vcruntime140_1.dll was not found

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I open FF on new (installed FF and it was working for 2 days) win 11 desktop and it did not work. When I open it some stuff was missing so I shot it down and hit restart. That did not help so after trying a few things I uninstalled and reinstalled. On reinstalling I received message the code execution cannot proceed because vcruntime140_1.dll was not found. Followed instructions to go to MS and download 32bit+64bit to fix problem. I restarted and tried to reload FF again. The same problem happen again. So, I tried to reload 32+64 bit from MS, uninstalled and reinstalled. Tried to reload FF but getting same message. Probably uninstalled FF 5 or 6 times. Wondering if I screwed up win 11 system by uninstalling so many times. Have any ideas, getting tired of playing with FF.

''' I open FF on new (installed FF and it was working for 2 days) win 11 desktop and it did not work. When I open it some stuff was missing so I shot it down and hit restart. That did not help so after trying a few things I uninstalled and reinstalled. On reinstalling I received message the code execution cannot proceed because vcruntime140_1.dll was not found. Followed instructions to go to MS and download 32bit+64bit to fix problem. I restarted and tried to reload FF again. The same problem happen again. So, I tried to reload 32+64 bit from MS, uninstalled and reinstalled. Tried to reload FF but getting same message. Probably uninstalled FF 5 or 6 times. Wondering if I screwed up win 11 system by uninstalling so many times. Have any ideas, getting tired of playing with FF.

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cor-el
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Did you recently uninstall an application that was using this VCRUNTIME140_1.dll as that is a likely cause ?

You can check for issues caused by a corrupted or incomplete Visual C++ installation that is missing runtime components (Redistributable Packages) required by Firefox, especially VCRUNTIME140_1.dll.

See "Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022":

You may also have to install the Visual Studio 2013 Redistributable Package. You need to reboot the computer.

LOST421
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The problem started when FF would not work. It was installed on new desktop, and it was the 2 or 3 day that it did not work. It open but I was not able to do anything. This had happened in the past on different computer, so I just uninstalled shut computer and open to install again. This is when I receive the message about VCRUNTIME140_1.dll. 

  I had tried this twice and then found info on FF about installing redist 32,64. I followed the link to MS and d/l. I then ran redist 32 and installed. Then ran redist 64 and shut computer. Restarted computer and again tried to install FF but received same message. I will try again in a few minutes to see if it works or not.

PS: After I d/l redist 32,64 I just double click on the redist programs and installed. I believed that is way to install. If not let me know. 

 Would like to use new desktop with FF. Not using until FF fixed.