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Seems like some .dlls are missing from distribution. Namely:

api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll

This is the problem reported on another user behalf, so he has no chance to like troubleshoot it, because it is his first Python experience.

I’d prefer builds with https://mingwpy.github.io/

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Created 7 years ago
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zoobacommented, Jun 20, 2016

@stonebig In that case, if LoadLibrary("ucrtbase.dll") fails, you know the machine isn’t up to date. That’s the easiest way to see whether the correct CRT is installed.

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zoobacommented, Jun 20, 2016

It depends on the failure state. For the official installer, we would fail with an obscure error message if you don’t have the prerequisites. That was because we were doing the install ourselves.

If you’re simply linking to the full vcredist, then it should fail with a detailed message if the prereqs are missing. An annoying extra download before finding that out, but not necessarily the end of the world, depending on the expected user base.