How to resolve this Statistica launch error: "The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCP120.dll or mfc120.dll was not found..."?
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Article ID: KB0080323
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Products
Versions
Spotfire Statistica
13.0 and above.
Description
Statistica will not launch. The error is "The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCP120.dll or mfc120.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix the program." This error may occur in 2 different windows, one right after the other. How is this resolved?
Cause: This is a Visual C++ file. The only known causes are the file was deleted or the file is corrupt.
Environment
Windows operating systems only.
Resolution
Re-install or repair the Visual C++ 2013 Rediistributable - 12.0.30501. Both the 64 and 32 bit version of can be found here.
When downloading from the link above, the ARM version is downloaded automatically, which is not the correct version to install. So click on the "click here to download" link, shown below:
Then choose the 64 or 32 bit version to download:
Double-click on the .exe file to install or repair:
An example of the 64 bit version of the redistributable screen with Repair option:
Issue/Introduction
This article discusses the steps to resolve this error when launching Statistica.