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Offline streakeagle

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Unable to install Aces High 3
« on: October 21, 2024, 09:02:37 PM »
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.
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Re: Unable to install Aces High 3
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2024, 09:26:19 PM »
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.
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Re: Unable to install Aces High 3
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2024, 10:01:21 PM »
Patched back up to latest versions of Visual Studio.
Everything is working normally and was able to join Main Arena.
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Re: Unable to install Aces High 3
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2024, 07:06:47 AM »
Glad you got it going!

Hope to see you in ma soon

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Re: Unable to install Aces High 3
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2024, 08:33:55 AM »
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.
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Re: Unable to install Aces High 3
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2024, 03:42:17 AM »
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.

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