Kodi not opening after download

i just downloaded Kodi 17 to my laptop using windows 7 professional, exe file downloads the files but does not fully complete the process and i get the message “the program cant start because api-ms-win-runtime-!1-1-1dll” is missin…….

i have tried a number of times with no luck – i ran Kodi 16 on the same computer with no problems

thanks in advance for any help

howard