Installing Python on Windows 7

[Jens Janzen]

Am Freitag, 28. Oktober 2016 01:24:18 UTC+2 schrieb Karen Hermann:
> I just downloaded Python 3.5.2 for Windows, which I installed on a Windows 7 laptop.  Disclaimer up front, I am a former lapsed programmer that has been away from it and all things Windows since Windows XP.  :)    I’m back to being a bit of a newbie again.  
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> It’s a relatively clean laptop, just got it, and rarely use it, and there’s nothing else on it except Microsoft Office 2013.  I downloaded Python, installed it, tried to run it, and got this message:   The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crd-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer.  Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem. 
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> I’ve redownloaded it and reinstalled it several times, each time deleting all traces of it before trying again.  I’ve even disabled my virus-scanner (Sophos), thinking that might be interfering but that didn’t help either.  
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> Nothing is helping, I can’t get past this. 
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> Can you help please, is there something wrong with my system / setup, should I be downloading a different Python version?
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> Thanks in advance for any help you can give!

Hi Karen,

i suggest the following steps:

1. Download C runtime Libraries from Microsoft
https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/kb/2999226
for Windows 7

2. Install it

3. Try again to install Python.

4. Have fun.

Greetings.

JJ