{"id":6082,"date":"2020-08-06T10:15:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T10:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/?p=6082"},"modified":"2023-06-14T07:39:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T07:39:23","slug":"fix-msvcr80-dll-not-found-error-in-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerneldatarecovery.com\/blog\/fix-msvcr80-dll-not-found-error-in-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"MSVCR80.dll\u201d Error in Outlook \u2013 How to Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The \u201cMSVCR80.dll not found\u201d<\/em><\/strong>error usually pops-up as the following message on the Outlook user\u2019s screen.<\/p>\n

\"message<\/figure>\n
OUTLOOK.EXE \u2013 Unable To Locate Component<\/strong>
This application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found.\nReinstalling the application may fix this problem.\n<\/div>\n

In general, the main reason behind the \u201cMSVCR80.dll not found\u201d<\/strong> error is that the values in the MSVCR80.DLL Registry are either invalid or are deregistered.<\/p>\n

Whenever an application is installed on your Windows machine certain values for each Dynamic Link Library file get registered into the Windows Registry. Now, the Registry acts as the central database for your system files and applications, which means that any invalid values in the Registry can lead to severe bugs and damages. Here, the root cause is the invalid MSVCR.80.DLL Registry for Outlook in your system. Moreover, any faulty add-ins in Outlook program is also capable of creating\/modifying its own Outlook.exe.manifest file within the Outlook installation directory, which eventually leads to invalid entries in the Windows Registry, thus, causing the \u201cMSVCR80.dll not found\u201d<\/strong> error. <\/p>\n

We will look at all possible reasons later in this section. Various troubleshooting techniques can sort out this issue. However, if you have acknowledged the main cause, you can rectify it in a single-shot. Suppose, you came to realize that the error appears just after you have installed an Add-in to your Outlook application, you can uninstall it right away.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s see some of the main reasons behind getting the \u201cMSVCR80.dll not found\u201d error.<\/p>\n

Reasons behind \u201cMSVCR80.dll not found\u201d Error in Outlook<\/h4>\n

As we discussed earlier, the two most prominent reasons behind \u201cMSVCR80.dll not found\u201d error are invalid Registry entries and faulty add-ins in Outlook. Apart from these two, there can be other reasons as well. For instance: <\/p>\n