New Windows 11 update breaks HC Launcher?

[Captain Fabulous]

I just had a Windows Update for .NET 6.0.28 for x64 install itself, and afterwards the HC Launcher would no longer run (missing DLL blah blah blah).

Downloaded this to fix it, and all is well. So if anyone else has this issue, this is how you fix it.

https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

[GM Tock]

Unless my notes are incorrect, .NET is no longer needed for either HC Launcher or the client.  Whatever happened, it wasn't that update.

 

Visual C++ Runtime is right on the money: that is needed to run the game.

[Captain Fabulous]

3 minutes ago, GM Tock said:

Unless my notes are incorrect, .NET is no longer needed for either HC Launcher or the client.  Whatever happened, it wasn't that update.

 

Visual C++ Runtime is right on the money: that is needed to run the game.

Hmmm, then I'm not sure what broke it. The only other things I updated were Intel wifi/bluetooth drivers. I guess it's possible one of them was the culprit. 🤷‍♀️

[GM Tock]

I believed you when you said a missing DLL prevented HC Launcher from working.  The Visual C++ Runtime that you linked above may have needed updated, like you did.