cannot run audacity after install[SOLVED]

[rune243]

Dell optiplex gx270 with onboard soundmax audio and nvidea gforce 6200
totally fresh install of OS: windows XP prof.

I installed audacity 2.0.3, and after installing I click finish to run audacity, and get the following message:

"Unable to execute file:
C:Programme FilesAudacityaudacity.exe
Create process failed; code 14001
this application has failed because the application configuration is incorrect.
Re-installing the application may fix this problem."

I then tried reinstall, same result.
I tried an earlier version 2.0.0, same result
I then uninstalled audacity, cleaned up and tried again to reinstall 2.0.3, same result.

I can't see anything wrong with my system, all drivers seem to be okay, but I have never had any problem installing audacity 2.0.3 on other XP machines, but I don't remember if I have had audacity ( an earlier version ) on this machine, (I lent it to a friend some time ago, just got it back not working) but I must have done, I have used audacity for years now and this is my old machine, so this has me baffled.

Anyone able to advise me what to check next?
Hugo

[ragnar.jensen]

You're probably missing the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package.
See the FAQ: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... html#probs

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Ragnar

[rune243]

thank you for the reply,....correct, I do not have that, but I do have installed:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86

should I install the 2008 package?

Hugo

[rune243]

I installed 2008 anyway while waiting for a reply...

and that fixed it, thank you very much indeed.

yours sincerely
Hugo Rune