# Missing DLL file **URL:** \ **Category:** Getting Started & Setup\ **Tags:** launcher, unreal-engine, dll-missing, Installation, question\ **Created:** [January 21, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/missing-dll-file/415155 "2018-01-21T13:50:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_1c46537c1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_1c46537c1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_1c46537c1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/missing-dll-file/415155/1 "2018-01-21T13:50:21Z")
Epic games launcher won’t install, says there is a missing DLL file. Asked Epic for help Wednesday. Is now Sunday and no contact beyond automatic ticket response. I would love to migrate from my laptop to a much more powerful desktop, but it requires I install the launcher. Any help would be greatly appreciated by anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Everynone](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/everynone/32/1135017_2.png) [@Everynone](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Everynone)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/missing-dll-file/415155/2 "2018-01-21T13:54:58Z")
It would help if you mentioned which dll it is that you’re missing. That’s for Win 10, right? ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_1c46537c1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_1c46537c1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_1c46537c1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/missing-dll-file/415155/3 "2018-01-21T13:57:22Z")
It doesn’t tell me which one only says that it’s missing a DLL. And yes, it’s Win 10. ---
**Author:** ![Everynone](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/everynone/32/1135017_2.png) [@Everynone](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Everynone)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/missing-dll-file/415155/4 "2018-01-21T14:14:32Z")
Unknown dll, hmpf. How user unfriendly. 😑 The first thing I’d try would be to get a fresh DirectX, _ignoring_ the fact that win10 comes with one already: > **[DirectX End-User Runtime](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=35)** > > The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime installs a number of runtime libraries from the legacy DirectX SDK for some games that use D3DX9, D3DX10, D3DX11, XAudio 2.7, XInput 1.3, XACT, and/or Managed DirectX 1.1. Note that this package does not modify... Skip the recommendations in the prompt and get the web installer. I’m assuming the account has Admin privileges. ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_1c46537c1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_1c46537c1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_1c46537c1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/missing-dll-file/415155/5 "2018-01-21T14:20:43Z")
It does yes - admin privileges I mean. I’ll give the install a go with this. ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_1c46537c1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_1c46537c1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_1c46537c1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/missing-dll-file/415155/6 "2018-01-21T14:21:34Z")
Correction, the Direct X installer said there was nothing to install, my machine has the latest version apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Everynone](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/everynone/32/1135017_2.png) [@Everynone](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Everynone)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/missing-dll-file/415155/7 "2018-01-21T14:42:51Z")
Have a look here, perhaps it will help: > **[Unreal engine 4 installer doesn't work - DLL required](https://forums.unrealengine.com/questions/12462/unreal-engine-4-installer-doesnt-work.html)** > > I just subscribed the $19/mo plan and downloaded the installer. But when I start the installation. It says there is a problem with this windows installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your... ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_1c46537c1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_1c46537c1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_1c46537c1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/missing-dll-file/415155/8 "2018-01-21T15:10:11Z")
That has helped. Finally got the launcher installed. Thank you so much for this! I can finally migrate my profile over. Thank you again. ---
**Author:** ![Everynone](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/everynone/32/1135017_2.png) [@Everynone](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Everynone)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/missing-dll-file/415155/9 "2018-01-21T15:13:03Z")
Awesome! Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![surender23](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@surender23](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/surender23)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/missing-dll-file/415155/10 "2018-07-25T07:26:07Z")
We talking about missing dll file. Program can not started because dll file is missing on your computer. [Download missing file](http://https:fixdll.net/d3d9) Install this file your issue would be fixed > Blockquote ---
**Author:** ![PrinceCalebros](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@PrinceCalebros](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/PrinceCalebros)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/missing-dll-file/415155/11 "2022-10-14T16:56:41Z")
hello! moderator advised me to use this thread for solution of my problem. i have problem with creating character c++ class. it spawns in my sl.file, but in my engine i got this mistake. don’t know what to do and what it means. Registered process D:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE\_5.0\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UnrealEditor.exe (PID: 6684) Loading module D:\UEStud\MyProject5\Binaries\Win64\UnrealEditor-MyProject5.dll (0.083 MB) No PDB file found for module UnrealEditor-LiveCoding.dll. If this is a packaged build, make sure that debug files are being staged. Live coding will be disabled for this module. Loaded 1 module(s) (0.000s, 5 translation units) Live coding ready - Save changes and press Ctrl+Alt+F11 to re-compile code Manual recompile triggered ---------- Creating patch ---------- Running D:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE\_5.0\Engine\Binaries\DotNET\UnrealBuildTool\UnrealBuildTool.exe -Target=“MyProject5Editor Win64 Development -Project=”“D:/UEStud/MyProject5/MyProject5.uproject”“” -LiveCoding -LiveCodingModules=“D:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE\_5.0/Engine/Intermediate/LiveCodingModules.txt” -LiveCodingManifest=“D:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE\_5.0/Engine/Intermediate/LiveCoding.json” -WaitMutex -LiveCodingLimit=100 Quick restart disabled when re-instancing is enabled. Log file: C:\Users\PC\_MAG\AppData\Local\UnrealBuildTool\Log.txt Creating makefile for MyProject5Editor (no existing makefile) Parsing headers for MyProject5Editor Running UnrealHeaderTool “D:\UEStud\MyProject5\MyProject5.uproject” “D:\UEStud\MyProject5\Intermediate\Build\Win64\MyProject5Editor\Development\MyProject5Editor.uhtmanifest” -LogCmds=“loginit warning, logexit warning, logdatabase error” -Unattended -WarningsAsErrors -abslog=“C:\Users\PC\_MAG\AppData\Local\UnrealBuildTool\Log\_UHT.txt” -installed Reflection code generated for MyProject5Editor in 13,0983193 seconds ERROR: Unhandled exception: Dependency file “D:\UEStud\MyProject5\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UnrealEditor\Development\MyProject5\MyProject5.cpp.json” version (“1.2”) is not supported version Build failed.