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I tried to open Firefox this morning and got this message "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library"

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Can't run Firefox due to "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library coming up, deleted Firefox and tried to reinstall but keep getting same message and now I can't even download Firefox because of it, can anyone help ?

Can't run Firefox due to "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library coming up, deleted Firefox and tried to reinstall but keep getting same message and now I can't even download Firefox because of it, can anyone help ?

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jonzn4SUSE
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Windows 7, 8, or 10?

FredMcD
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https://www.bing.com/search?q=Microsoft Visual C%2B%2B Runtime Library

cor-el
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See also: Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019: