Just reinstalled OS on a new drive - will i need to reinstall ED?
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That's a bit surprising - but then again we don't know which OS either of you are talking about.
On Windoze that would indeed be a rare occurrence as most programs install critical registry entries that are required to run properly. There are exceptions, but they are rare.
In addition, I think Elite requires some C runtime files that might need to be installed on a new OS refresh. that's probably what the OP doesn't have on the new OS install. There might also be some DX9 files needed. I didn't pay close attention as my installs went very smoothly, but I do recall seeing some older runtime components being installed that are needed for Elite to run properly.
Might even be some older Asp.net version re-install that doesn't get automatically get installed on new OS versions. 3.5 I think.
Mac systems may not have the same issues.
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Try it. Then you will know.
If the new Windows install doesn't fix it, download and run this.
I have seen that - pretty sure there's a google fix.
https://www.google.com/#q=Elite+Dangerous+MSCVP110.dll+missing
Yeah - related to the C++ executables.
"That DLL is part of Visual Studio 2012 (11.0). Download the x86 ... find that missing file from google because i got the same error and i fixed it ..."
You might also run into an Xinput1_3.dll error as well
that too can easily be found on google and fixed.
HTH
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Just to be certain, you did run it after downloading it, yes? Sorry, had to ask.
Depending on the size of your original boot drive, it's usually easier just to Clone it to the new one rather than reinstall the OS. It's a bit late now as you've reinstalled the game, but the path I'd go on a clean install is all your drivers first (Motherboard, graphics card, audio etc) then full Windows Updates, then any individual files games are still asking for... the location of them isn't important, indeed I am still running programs from an E:\ drive with a WindowsXP install on it in Win7 without moving most of them (I left it there as a back up boot drive, and never got around to removing it)... the issue is only if they call old Windows features or DirectX versions. If you have the Steam version of E : D you can just reinstall Steam somewhere, then copy across the SteamApps folder to keep all your games without reinstalling the lot.
