If you are trying to open newly installed software after the year 2015 you might have encountered the api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing error and crashing of the program on the startup. You might have tried reinstalling the software all over again without any luck. I personally encountered the issue when I was trying to install Solidworks 2016 and pyhton 3.6.1 Turns out the errors lies in the Universal C runtime in Windows. It is a component that ensures proper functionality in the operating system. Precisely, the error is encountered in devices built using Visual Studio 2015 or above, which relies on sections of the Universal C Runtime in Windows. Some versions of Windows do not contain the necessary sections of the Universal C Runtime, or contain the wrong version for Visual Studio 2015. This happens most commonly on Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2008 R2 systems, but has been seen on Windows Embedded 7 systems as well. When ...