[split] Security issue?

HELLO KODI PEOPLE

I RECENTLY UPGRADED TO KODI 17.3 AND I WAS ADVISED TO UNINSTALL THE OLDER VERSION OF KODI DUE TO A SECURITY ISSUE .
BUT WHEN I DOWNLOADED KODI17.3 I ALWAYS GET THIS ERROR MESSAGE HOW CAN I FIX THIS?

This program can’t start api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll Is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this program to fix this problem

I HAVE REPEADEDLY TRIED TO REINSTALL BUT I STILL GET THIS MESSAGE . I EVEN DID A SEARCH ON MY COMPUTER FOR THIS MISSING FILE AND IT DOES EXIST ON MY COMPUTER . I FACT THERE ARE MULTIPLE COPIES OF THIS FILE THAT I DOWNLOADED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS PROBLEM SO I CAN ENJOY MY KODI AGAIN