wkhtmltopdf.exe crashes due to missing MSVCP140.dll

[mibere]

Windows 8.1 (German), 64bit, .NET 4.8, Windows updates as of 2. October 2019
Markdown Monster 1.19.8.1 installed via MarkdownMonsterSetup.exe in default folder (C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Markdown Monster)

Actions:

• File menu -> Save To -> Save to Pdf
• in Save as Pdf File dialog change nothing (all default) -> [Generate PDF File]
• in Save output to PDF file dialog just press [Enter]

=> app crash of wkhtmltopdf.exe:

By executing the PDF creation command line manually in a CMD it shows that the file MSVCP140.dll is missing:

[mibere]

The file MSVCP140.dll seems to be part of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable, and that is not installed on my system.

MM should include the file (in the wkhtmltopdf.exe folder?), or should install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable.

[RickStrahl]

Thanks for reporting.

What version of .NET are you running? I suspect using a newer .NET Version will address this on Windows 7-8.1.

This is the first report I have of this. MSVCP140.dll is part of the Windows install, but it's possible that on old versions of Windows (and .NET) so I'm not super keen to add this to the installer. Especially given that shortly we'll be bumping up the .NET Framework requirement to .NET 4.7.2 which I believe includes the dll.

For now a quick way to install it:

choco install vcredist140

I can also add this to the Chocolatey installs although that breaks the no-admin installer as these files need to go into the system folder.

[mibere]

My Windows 8.1 was a nearly fresh install, with nearly no other software installed - even no manually installed .NET.

Saving to PDF was successful after manually installing a Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable - now the DLL exists.
This was the first time I had to do that. Other software installers include such a needed Redistributable package, or download and run it automatically.