Fix Visual C++ Runtime Error for Non-Steam QUACK Games | Steam Deck Tips & Tricks #steamdeck #quack

[Music] Hello everybody welcome back to the channel when you run non-steam games on your steam that do get this error the error says the following components are required to run this program Microsoft Visual C plus plus runtime well don't be afraid it's actually a really simple fix so let's get into it okay so on my steam Library this is desktop mode you can see I've got Hogwarts Lexi this is the steam version and the Hogwarts legacy.exe is the non-steam version so uh make sure that the non-steam version is running on proton experimental every game is different you might be running on proton GE but it's all the same but when you run it it has this error the Microsoft Visual C plus plus runtime error so how do we fix it we go to the Discover store okay go to the home of the Discover store and then search for proton tricks p-r-o-t-o-n-t-r-i-c-k-s one word all right so this is the program you need to download I already have it so and then once you load into it look for your your non-steam game mines Hogwarts legacy.exe so I'm going to go into it wait for it to load it takes a little bit of time be patient here it's working it's doing its thing okay so now we select the default one prefix press ok and then we do install a Windows dll or component and press ok now we need to look for the visual C plus plus so go all the way to VC run PC run yep here it is uh there's a lot of versions uh this this one requires 2022 uh if you don't not sure which version you need uh you can always look up online of the version your game requires the dependency that your game requires so now I'm installing it it's going to download and install it's going to take some time so be patient here as well it looks like it's doing nothing but it's actually working on the background click ok continue anyway yes and then I'm going to agree to the license and terms and conditions install it and we'll click OK again I'm gonna continue anyway again and then agree install all right so now I'm gonna go install a Windows 0 and component again I'm just going to make sure that it's already it's downloaded and installed so I'm going to go all the way back down to VC run and you see there's a check mark that that means it's installed so now I'm going to cancel elephant and then I'm going to run the game again so let's see if we can get past that visual C plus plus runtime error just wait for it yep I think we've got past it already now it's loading the game yeah so that's a very simple fix so if you have this problem you can try this trick and I hope this video helped you out if it did please leave a like And subscribe to the channel for more of these we do a lot of tips and tricks for the steam deck and the first time playing the game you have to prepare the shaders for this one so I'm not going to load into the title screen so I'm just going to leave it here so thank you for watching and I'll see you guys in the next one see you later

Channel: Grown Up Gaming

Views: 25,368

Keywords: steam deck, visual c++ runtime error, quack, quacked, non-steam games, non-steam

Id: 8q2HuokqJo4

Length: 4min 5sec (245 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 14 2023