Unable to install Aces High 3

[streakeagle]

I had not run Aces High 3 in a while. When I tried to start the application, it gave me an error message that VCOMP140.dll was missing. The suggested solution was to uninstall/resinstall the application. Aces High 3 setup tries to install Visual Studio 2017, but fails because a newer version is installed (which can be confirmed by seeing the VCOMP140.dll is in the system 32 folder). I don't want to break my windows install by trying to revert to an earlier Visual Studio version. So, I am kind of stuck.

[streakeagle]

I uninstalled the newer Visual Studio, installed the 2015 version, then was able to install/run AH3. I had copied the folder before uninstalling AH3, so I was able to restore everything exactly the way it was with minimal effort: control maps, terrains, skins, etc. Now to see if updates break it again.

[streakeagle]

Patched back up to latest versions of Visual Studio.
Everything is working normally and was able to join Main Arena.

[Eagler]

Glad you got it going!

Hope to see you in ma soon

Eagler

[Bizman]

I uninstalled the newer Visual Studio, installed the 2015 version, then was able to install/run AH3. I had copied the folder before uninstalling AH3, so I was able to restore everything exactly the way it was with minimal effort: control maps, terrains, skins, etc. Now to see if updates break it again.

Excellent troubleshooting!