MSVC Runtime is missing on Windows

[Riateche]

When installing Rust via rustup on a clean Windows 7 x64, rustc and cargo can't be executed because msvcr120.dll is missing. Rustup reports successful install.

After installing Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013 (x64) rustc and cargo start working.

Rustup probably should install the runtime package automatically.

[retep998]

Alternatively Rust and Cargo can use the static CRT so they don't depend on the VC++ redistributable.

[dkotrada]

Followed Instructions. And installed standalone msvc build tools 2015. msvcr120.dll is missing

:(

[kornelski]

This is still a problem.

[retep998]

@pornel On stable it is, sure, but if you switched to nightly you'd find that the problem is already fixed thanks to rust-lang/rust#39837

Can someone without the VC++ 2013 redistributable who experiences this issue with the current stable confirm whether nightly fixes this?

[kornelski]

You can get a fresh VM from Microsoft: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/

[kornelski]

Nightly works for me, yay!

[bjadamson]

Ran into this today, while looking for a solution. Thanks, I'm going to try 2013 in the mean time!

[Diggsey]

Fixed upstream