On 2018年09月15日 22:22, benjamin bulley wrote: > I encounter a dll error message while trying to run python. I uninstalled > the program just to reinstall to find the same problem. Please help as I am > quite new to this. >You haven't given any details. Which version of Windows? Which DLL? Which version of Python? If it's complaining about this "api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll", then you need the Windows Universal C Runtime: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48234