Microsoft has been trying for a long time to try and resolve DLL hell problems. DLL hell is caused when various DLL files on your Windows system generate system errors, primarily due to conflicts, version problems and file damage. MSVCR80.dll is a Microsoft C runtime library. Although there are many other libraries on your Windows PC, MSVCR80.dll is the default for all DLLs that were compiled using the Visual Studio 2005 compiler and linker.
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