Kodi can’t start, missing api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll

Hello,

While trying to install and run Krypton on two of my Windows 7 machines, I have run across this error that is keeping Kodi from starting:

The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

Needless to say, reinstalling did not fix the problem. I have searched for and found that this has something to do with the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 failing to install.

Do any of you folks have a cure for this? Shouldn’t Kodi do a system check for missing dll’s and install if needed or tell us what we need to install?

Both of these Windows 7 machines worked fine with Kodi 16.1. They only stopped after upgrade.

Would appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Mark