Cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found - Cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found Hi, Recently I have installed intel quartus prime pro and using it. I have tried to run modelsim, and it shows this error. " The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem." I am unable to run it because of this error. I have searched about the error and found a answer that , install MS VC++ and I have installed 2013 version of that also.. Kindly help me to run this.. Thanks and Regards MuralikumarM Replies: Re: Cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found Hi @Richard , Thanks for your support Now i can able to run modelsim... Regards MuralikumarM Replies: Re: Cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found Hi @MuralikumarM Please check that the LM_LICENSE_FILE is directed to a license file. Modelsim Intel Edition required a license. How to set LM_LICENSE_FILE: In the command prompt: setx LM_LICENSE_FILE <license file path> example: C:\intelFPGA_pro\21.1\license.dat Best Regards, Richard Tan p/s: If any answer from the community or Intel support are helpful, please feel free to give Kudos. Replies: Re: Cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found Hi, sorry for the late reply, caught on some other work. actually i didnt tried installing on other PC. but I tried to install the quartus prime lite version. and while running the simulation library compiler it shows as follows Info: Command: quartus_sh --simlib_comp -tool modelsim -language vhdl -tool_path C:/intelFPGA_lite/20.1/modelsim_ae/win32aloem/ -directory C:/Users/murali.kumar/Desktop/OLD_SIM/learn/prime_lite -rtl_only Info: Quartus(args): -tool modelsim -language vhdl -tool_path C:/intelFPGA_lite/20.1/modelsim_ae/win32aloem/ -directory C:/Users/murali.kumar/Desktop/OLD_SIM/learn/prime_lite -rtl_only Info: Changing the current directory to output directory C:/Users/murali.kumar/Desktop/OLD_SIM/learn/prime_lite .. Info: Using Path C:/intelFPGA_lite/20.1/modelsim_ae/win32aloem/ that was set in EDA Simulation Library Compiler Options Info: Generating commands to compile library altera ... Info: Generating commands to compile library lpm ... Info: Generating commands to compile library sgate ... Info: Generating commands to compile library altera_mf ... Info: Generating commands to compile library altera_lnsim ... Info: Executing command file containing library compilation commands Info: Unable to checkout a license. Vsim is closing. Error: ** Error: Invalid license environment. Application closing. Info: Unable to checkout a license. Make sure your license file environment variables are set correctly and then run 'lmutil lmdiag' to diagnose the problem. Info: Modelsim - Intel FPGA Edition uses the following environment variables to check the licenses (listed in the order of preference) Info: 1. MGLS_LICENSE_FILE Info: 2. LM_LICENSE_FILE. Error: Compilation was NOT successful. 1 errors, 0 warnings Kindly do the needful MuralikumarM Replies: Re: Cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found We do not receive any response from you to the previous question/reply/answer that I have provided. This thread will be transitioned to community support. If you have a new question, feel free to open a new thread to get the support from Intel experts. Otherwise, the community users will continue to help you on this thread. Thank you. Best Regards, Richard Tan p/s: If any answer from the community or Intel support are helpful, please feel free to give Kudos. Replies: Re: Cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found @MuralikumarM Hmm that's weird. Have you try to install in other machine and observe the same issue? Could you share a screenshot of the shown error? Best Regards, Richard Tan p/s: If any answer from the community or Intel support are helpful, please feel free to give Kudos. Replies: Re: Cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found Hi, all the things above given was tried and still the same error showing. regards MuralikumarM Replies: Re: Cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found Hi @MuralikumarM You may checkout the below link for the solutions that might helps to solve the issue. https://blog.pcrisk.com/windows/12478-the-program-cant-start-because-msvcr120dll-is-missing-from-your-computer#:~:text=You%20can%20fix%20the%20%22The,on%20the%20%22Run%22%20result . Best Regards, Richard Tan p/s: If any answer from the community or Intel support are helpful, please feel free to give Kudos. Replies: Re: Cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found Hi @MuralikumarM Do you download the Modelsim installer from our Download Center for FPGAs? https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/downloads/download-center.html Try to uninstall the current Modelsim and install the Modelsim - Intel FPGA edition. Let me know if the issue persists. Best Regards, Richard Tan p/s: If any answer from the community or Intel support are helpful, please feel free to give Kudos. Replies: Re: Cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found Hi @Richard Tan Thanks for your response. I found the dll file and replaced it with new one but again i am getting same error. Please provide other possibilities to try and solve the problem. Thanks MuralikumarM Replies: Re: Cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found Hi @MuralikumarM You may checkout the link below for the solution. https://www.repairtofix.com/Download_MSVCR120.dll/MSVCR120.dll_not_found?article=33&new_url=Download_MSVCR120.dll%2FMSVCR120.dll_not_found Let me know if it helps. Best Regards, Richard Tan p/s: If any answer from the community or Intel support are helpful, please feel free to give Kudos.