Can't launch Android Studio

Question

I installed succesfully Android Studio on Windows 7 64bit, but it fails at launching. The following screenshots illustrate what happens.

I read the answer here but still have not found the solution.

I've done the following things:

• Set environmental variables JDK_HOME, ANDROID_STUDIO_JDK and JAVA_HOME to "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_17\"
• Set them to "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_17"
• Download msvcr100d.dll and placed it on "C:\Windows\System32\" and "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\"
• Reinstalled Android Studio

Still having the same issue. Can't see where the problem is. How can I solve this?

Answer 1

Just found the solution.

I tried to launch Android Studio from the Start menu, which provoked that issue. So I tried to launch from its main directory and it worked. The shortcut target path was wrong.

Shortcut target path Before:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-studio\bin\studio64.exe

Real executable path:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-studio\studio.exe

The studio.exe and studio64.exe inside bin folder doesn't work, but the one in android-studio seems to work perfectly. Just change the shortcut's target to that path and you're ready to launch it properly from the Start Menu.

Answer 2

My solution was one found from the resource: www.faqforge.com/windows/fix-the-program-cant-start-because-msvcr100-dll-is-missing-from-your-computer-error-on-windows/

What hides behind this name is the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable which can easily be downloaded on the Microsoft website as x86 or x64 edition:

32 bit: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5555

64 bit: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=14632

Usually the application that misses the dll indicates what version you need – if one does not work, simply install the other.

Answer 3

First of all, for the problem of the missing DLL file, u must install (Microsoft Visual C++ 2010), I used the same links provided earlier:

32 bit: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5555

64 bit: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=14632

Second u need to download and install Java SE Developement Kit (JDK), and go to Enviromental Variables like it is said in the error message; there u must create a new entry JAVA_HOME with the path to the JDK u just installed