Non Starter SKYPE

[Maybole]

 

Skype is pinned to my startup menu but will not start even when I click on the icon or the program name itself and select open. I get the following message popping up.

"The program can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-o-dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix the problem."

I am not sure what it means but reinstalliing Skype did not work. I am using Windows 7 on an Acer laptop.

Can any expert enlighten me?

 

 

[Rc2702]

https://community.skype.com/t5/Windows-desktop-client/api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0-dll-error-when-updating-to-Skype-7/td-p/4611539

 

Looks like that link may solve your issue and provide the required missing pieces.