31 Aug Fix PHP Warning: vcruntime140.dll 14.0 is not compatible with this PHP build

Let’s say you are installing PHP 7.4.x on Windows 10. After installation, you reach CMD to verify the installation using php -v  command. While verifying, you may get the following vcruntime140.dll error:

VCRUNTIME140.dll Error

Following is the error:

Following is the screenshot of the error:

Fix vcruntime140.dll Error

To fix the above error, you need to download and install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2019.

To download, go to the Microsoft Visual Studio’s official website. After clicking the download link from the website, you will reach the following page:

Now, go to the “All Downloads” section below and click “Other Tools & Frameworks” as shown below:

After clicking “Other Tools and Framework“, download the “Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2019“.

Before that, do not forgot to select x64 option button for 64-bit Windows 10 OS as shown below:

After clicking “Download“, the following exe file will download:

Install the exe file. After installing the Visual C++ Redistributable, do not forget to restart the system.

After restarting, go to CMD > right-click “Run as Administrator“.

Now, type php – v again and there won’t be any error and shown below.

The above version information shows that you have successfully installed PHP 7.4.x on Windows 10.

Video Tutorial

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