Need Help with System Error

Forum|Forum|4 months ago
February 8, 2026
2 replies
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I am unable to start my tax program. I'm getting a system error. It says: "The code execution cannot proceed because mfc140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem."

I tried reinstalling the program, but it didn't help. I haven't tried uninstalling and then reinstalling, but I'm afraid if I uninstall I will lose my work. That may not be true, but I don't know and don't want to try until I know.

I will call customer support tomorrow if I can't fix this today, but was hoping to fix today. Thanks.

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IntuitKatie

Moderator

@cimeron01 Thank you for being part of this Community and for posting your questions and concerns. We truly appreciate you being here. This certainly is not the experience we want for our customers. We ask you to please reach out to ProSeries Support for assistance, as they can best help with your specific situation. Thank you again for being part of the community.

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Mikehep5

Level 3

I will reach out on Monday but I am dead in the water for 2 days. Not a great solution

Just-Lisa-Now-

Intuit Community Champion

That's a Windows System file, do you have any Windows updates waiting to install?

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cimeron01Author

Level 2

I didn't see anything, but I guess I needed to download the latest Visual Studio Redistributable from Microsoft. No idea what that is, but I asked an AI assistant and it told me what to do. Haha. It is working now. Thank you.

ljr

Level 9

check your windows updates - that's usually the failure

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