Couldn't find library MSVCR80.dll

[Guest]

We purchased a Sponge Bob Knows Your Name toy for Caleb, my 7 year old
recovering from brain cancer. He was very disappointed not to get it, yet.
It comes with a CD with software to install on our home PC, but the install
bombed because some dll couldn't find another dll library file. I called
the maker of the toy, but we, together, determined it was a problem with my
environment, not the toy's software. I may have moved something off my C:/
drive from the Programs folder onto the J: partition that I shouldn't have
moved.

Ah, found where I recorded the error:
Executable 'F:/SpongeBob_Splash.exe' had the following unrecoverable
error:
Couldn't find library MSVCR80.dll (required by
J:/Programs/WINDOW~/MpShHook.dll)

Ah! I should probably move J:/Programs/WINDOWS~ back to C:/Programs,
whatever WINDOWS~ expands out to.
But that doesn't seem to explain it.

Anybody know what this lib is for or how I can find out?

Thanks,
wahauf

 

[mae]

I don't know about moving files around.
I have it in this folder: C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\
Try this for the file:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86)
File Name: vcredist_x86.exe
Version: 1.0
Date Published: 4/10/2006
Language: English
Download Size: 2.6 MB
MS Visual C++ 8.0 runtimes (x86)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ee-a3f9-4c13-9c99-220b62a191ee&DisplayLang=en
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mae

| We purchased a Sponge Bob Knows Your Name toy for Caleb, my 7 year old
| recovering from brain cancer. He was very disappointed not to get it,
yet.
| It comes with a CD with software to install on our home PC, but the
install
| bombed because some dll couldn't find another dll library file. I called
| the maker of the toy, but we, together, determined it was a problem with
my
| environment, not the toy's software. I may have moved something off my
C:/
| drive from the Programs folder onto the J: partition that I shouldn't have
| moved.
|
| Ah, found where I recorded the error:
| Executable 'F:/SpongeBob_Splash.exe' had the following unrecoverable
| error:
| Couldn't find library MSVCR80.dll (required by
| J:/Programs/WINDOW~/MpShHook.dll)
|
| Ah! I should probably move J:/Programs/WINDOWS~ back to C:/Programs,
| whatever WINDOWS~ expands out to.
| But that doesn't seem to explain it.
|
| Anybody know what this lib is for or how I can find out?
|
| Thanks,
| wahauf