The program can’t start because MSVCR71.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this program

Question

Long ago, I installed 32-bit Oracle SQL Developer 2.1 on a Windows XP (32-bit) machine. I have since moved to Windows 7 (64-bit) and copied the SQL Developer 2.1 from the old machine onto the new one.

When I try to run sqldeveloper.exe, I get the following message:

The program can’t start because MSVCR71.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this program.

I know that this is because of 32-bit software which was installed in Windows XP is incompatible with 64-bit machine. Is there any alternative to open 32-bit software on a 64-bit machine, or do I need to install the 64-bit version of Oracle SQL Developer?

Answer 1

Here is the solution I found:

How to fix the missing MSVCR711.dll problem

You can find MSVCR71.dll file in following location of your installed SQL Developer 2.1 directory:

sqldeveloper-2.1.0.63.10\sqldeveloper\jdk\jre\bin\MSVCR71.dll

Answer 2

Based on this page:

• Run regedit (remember to run it as the administrator)
• Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
• Expand SOFTWARE
• Expand Microsoft
• Expand Windows
• Expand CurrentVersion
• Expand App Paths
• At App Paths, add a new KEY called sqldeveloper.exe
• Expand sqldeveloper.exe
• Modify the (DEFAULT) value to the full pathway to the sqldeveloper executable (See example below step 11)
• Create a new STRING VALUE called PATH and set it value to the sqldeveloper pathway + \jdk\jre\bin