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    Alpha Anywhere will not start MFC120.dll is missing

    All of a sudden, AlphaAnywhere does not work. Receving an Error message "MFC120.dll is missing"
    Does anyone know how to get A5 to run when this error occurs.
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    Re: Alpha Anywhere will not start MFC120.dll is missing

    It's a visual C redistributable that you may have uninstalled by accident. Try uninstall Alpha & do a FULL install again, alternatively try solutions like https://esha.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/ar...ll-is-missing-
    Frank

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      #3
      Re: Alpha Anywhere will not start MFC120.dll is missing

      Originally posted by Clipper87 View Post
      It's a visual C redistributable that you may have uninstalled by accident. Try uninstall Alpha & do a FULL install again, alternatively try solutions like https://esha.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/ar...ll-is-missing-
      thanks
      I corporate office must have done an upgrade. I was working fine Friday

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        Re: Alpha Anywhere will not start MFC120.dll is missing

        Was wondering if KYBiggs (or anyone else) had success in resolving this issue?

        After a year of stability, this issue happened on my a5v12 application server (probably triggered by Windows Update). When I do a full install of old version 2999_4519 it works. But installing more recent updates, or a full install of the current version (2689_4440) give the same problem: "This application failed to start, an important component: mfc120.dll is missing. Reinstalling the application may fix the error."

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          Re: Alpha Anywhere will not start MFC120.dll is missing

          I could be wrong but the way I solved this was to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219.
          The Alpha install package installs Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501.

          The error message is looking for a DLL from the 2010 version. I say the version as the executable to install each has the same name. So I renamed the 2010 executable and then ran it which cured the problem.

          The file name is: vcredist_x86.exe this is the 2013 version
          I downloaded the 2010 version and renamed the file: vcredist1_x86.exe
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            Re: Alpha Anywhere will not start MFC120.dll is missing

            today, I have the same error so it appears some upgrade by MS windows7 has caused a problem with Alpha Anywhere.

            I checked and the file mfc120.dll is STILL in the System32 folder.

            I tried to install another MS Visual C++ 2010 and after the install, get another error "a newer version of MS Visual C+++ 2010 redistributable has been detected on this machine" Thus it was NOT installed and I still get the error above about mfc120 missing.

            IMO, this is a bug in Alpha Anywhere as it seems to be not compatible with one part of the MS operating system. I would have expected that Alpha Anywhere v12 would NOT be incompatible with window 7 upgrades....

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              Re: Alpha Anywhere will not start MFC120.dll is missing

              Originally posted by dchiass View Post
              today, I have the same error so it appears some upgrade by MS windows7 has caused a problem with Alpha Anywhere.

              I checked and the file mfc120.dll is STILL in the System32 folder.

              I tried to install another MS Visual C++ 2010 and after the install, get another error "a newer version of MS Visual C+++ 2010 redistributable has been detected on this machine" Thus it was NOT installed and I still get the error above about mfc120 missing.

              IMO, this is a bug in Alpha Anywhere as it seems to be not compatible with one part of the MS operating system. I would have expected that Alpha Anywhere v12 would NOT be incompatible with window 7 upgrades....
              Hello,

              What happens when you reinstall Alpha Anywhere using the full installer - not the patch. Does this resolve the issue?
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                Re: Alpha Anywhere will not start MFC120.dll is missing

                I went back a couple months and did a restore of a Windows update. The update had to do with Visual C++ 2010 so it appears that 'something" in MS update caused a big problem with Alpha Anywhere. Does this mean that Alpha Anywhere will be getting a PATCH so it is not at odds with Windows?

                Originally posted by Beta Spark View Post
                Hello,

                What happens when you reinstall Alpha Anywhere using the full installer - not the patch. Does this resolve the issue?

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                  Re: Alpha Anywhere will not start MFC120.dll is missing

                  Originally posted by dchiass View Post
                  I went back a couple months and did a restore of a Windows update. The update had to do with Visual C++ 2010 so it appears that 'something" in MS update caused a big problem with Alpha Anywhere. Does this mean that Alpha Anywhere will be getting a PATCH so it is not at odds with Windows?
                  Did you experience the same issue after doing a reinstall of Alpha Anywhere using the full Alpha Anywhere installer?
                  Sarah Mitchell
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                    Re: Alpha Anywhere will not start MFC120.dll is missing

                    I did not reinstall Alpha Anywhere as I had already FIXED my problem with the restore.

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                      Re: Alpha Anywhere will not start MFC120.dll is missing

                      Fun and games again with windows 10 using Alpha Anywhere v12. Did our standard install. Everything installed fine, no errors BUT when you tried to run our app we get "....mcf120.dll is missing......."

                      I have seen this before!!!!! So I called in the heavy-duty guys and they found that mcf120.dll was MISSING from the Windows "System32" and the "SysWOW64" folders. On digging further I found in the Alpha Runtime folder a file called "VCRDist_X86.exe". I ran this exe & eureka it installed the "mcf120.dll" in the right folder. In this case the PC was a 64 box so it installed the mcf120 into the "SysWOW64" folder.

                      I then started the app with no error message. Just make sure that the icon's property in compatibility has the "run this program as administrator" ticked. Cause you are logged in as admin does not necessarily mean that this does not have to be ticked (so says my IT).

                      My question is WHY doesn't the alpha anywhere runtime install this dll during the install process? Or must we make a change to our app install compiler?

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                        Re: Alpha Anywhere will not start MFC120.dll is missing

                        To fix the MFC120.dll missing error restoring the missing DLL file from recycle bin and perform a complete SFC scan. If this won’t work for you then download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 file.
                        You can download this from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl....aspx?id=40784
                        And for 64-bit version of Windows, make sure to install both files: "vcredist_x86.exe" and "vcredist_x64.exe".

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