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Can't Open Origin on Windows 10

Anonymous
2015-07-30T13:47:36+00:00

I just upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 10. However, every time I try to open Origin (to play games from EA,) since I made the upgrade, I get two errors that are almost identical. The first reads "The program can't start because MSVCP100.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem." The second error is almost identical and says, "The program can't start because MSVCR100.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem." I've done some research into these errors, and I cannot find a solution for the problem that works, let alone a solution meant for Windows 10 (all the ones I can find are for Windows 7 and 8). Can anyone offer me some tips on how to fix this problem so I can once again use Origin on my computer? Thanks a ton!

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-04-25T22:44:02+00:00

    I have the same issue only with MSVCR120.dll with error code 0x000012f (if I recall).  After toiling through various [potential] fixes I found Windows 10 installed numerous Visual C Redist packages during the upgrade. Running SFC /SCANNOW said it found issues with the file and repaired but no change for Origin. Finally I decided to purge without prejudice and got it working.

    The Fix:

    Uninstall EVERY Visual C Redist package.  Then reinstall Origin. Origin runs VC Redist installs. Everything works perfect now.

    Hope this helps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-30T14:00:40+00:00

    I have partially the same issue. EA just cannot connect to the internet. But then neither Steam, Arc or even IE11

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-07-31T16:46:50+00:00

    YOU ARE THE MAN!!!! NOTHING ELSE WORKED. OWE YOU ONE 8-)

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-07-31T21:47:24+00:00

    After reinstalling Origin, I discovered that this is a Visual C++ issue.  If you are playing Origin, Uplay, Steam or XboxLive Games, you are going to have a lot of C++ show up in your programs list (see control panel - Add\remove program).  I copied the offending files from the windows\system32 directory and put them all over, including the origin directory and the error went away but I got a new error, a failed to start correctly error 0xc000007b error.

    I think it's making a call to the right dll but getting one it wasn't expecting.  Anyway, this worked for me:

    Credit to http://answers.ea.com/t5/Origin/Windows-10-Origin-start-up-error-0xc000007b/td-p/4699279

    http://www.tenforums.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Ffreewisdoms.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F09%2Fcommon\_dlls\_for\_games.rar

    Download the .rar (windows apps has a free app to unpack it) find the files you've unpacked and jot down their names and then BACK UP THE ORIGINALS.  Copy them out of the Windows\system32 directory and the Windows\sysWOW64 directory  to a backup folder on your desktop just in case.  

    Then put the unpacked files in the directories and (some won't copy) it should work.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-10-22T03:12:30+00:00

    Hopefully this works for.me I have been trying to reinstall origin since i updated windows 10 and no one could help or figure out not even techs from origin could get it to work.

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