How to Solve: SQL Developer can’t start because MSVCR71.dll is missing (On Windows)

Posted on July 7, 2014 by oraclenz — 90 Comments ↓

I have installed SQL Developer (with JDK) on Windows many times before, and almost all the time I receive the system error bellow when trying to execute it by the first time. Due to this, I decided to publish the solution to this annoying issue.

We can easily fix this issue by following these simple steps:

Run regedit (remember to run it as the administrator)
Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Expand SOFTWARE
Expand Microsoft
Expand Windows
Expand CurrentVersion
Expand App Paths
At App Paths, add a new KEY called sqldeveloper.exe
Expand sqldeveloper.exe
Modify the (DEFAULT) value to the full pathway to the sqldeveloper executable (See example below step 11)
Create a new STRING VALUE called Path and set it value to the sqldeveloper pathway + \jdk\jre\bin
After the step 11 is completed, please enjoy your SQLDEVELOPER

Hope this tip would help you to solve this issue too!

Regards,

Francisco Munoz Alvarez

90 thoughts on “How to Solve: SQL Developer can’t start because MSVCR71.dll is missing (On Windows)”

Integrator on October 1, 2014 at 9:15 am said:

Thanks It worked really well !!!

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- bikram on February 20, 2015 at 12:40 pm said:
  
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  thank u very much
  
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Glynis Forrester on October 23, 2014 at 3:18 pm said:

This worked perfectly – thank you so much

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Techno on November 4, 2014 at 3:26 pm said:

Thanks, it worked

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Aldo Rosales on November 5, 2014 at 6:26 pm said:

Awesome! thanks this worked!!

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ABC on November 17, 2014 at 1:51 pm said:

Just a correction the string value name is PATH not patch

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rahamat on November 25, 2014 at 2:52 am said:

thanks it worked

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kalpana on November 29, 2014 at 6:52 am said:

thank you so much..it worked:)

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Guest Id on December 11, 2014 at 11:56 am said:

Fantastic Solution.
Worked for me.
Thank you.

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Rakesh Payyad on December 16, 2014 at 5:04 am said:

Thanks a lot, it worked..

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sandy on December 31, 2014 at 6:47 am said:

Thanks .Awesome it worked

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Priyanka on January 6, 2015 at 9:40 am said:

Thank you so much.it works.

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john perk on January 7, 2015 at 10:45 am said:

Thank a lot……

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Vijay on January 7, 2015 at 1:36 pm said:

thanks very much, it works

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90sabiha on January 10, 2015 at 4:31 pm said:

Thank u , it worked perfectly

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Narayana Rao Krishnamaneni on January 12, 2015 at 7:11 am said:

Thanks you. It worked

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yash on January 12, 2015 at 9:12 pm said:

awesome illustration

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Anikumar Awati on January 16, 2015 at 8:59 am said:

Great solution, it really works. Thank you very much

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ali on January 19, 2015 at 9:23 am said:

thanks it worked fine

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KS on January 20, 2015 at 4:19 pm said:

Thanks for the detailed steps.. it worked…

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Zakir on January 28, 2015 at 3:35 am said:

Hi Francisco. Normally Questions will come first and answers next. Here you initiated to solve the issue before questioning. Thanks Alot. Keep up the great work.

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Shu on January 28, 2015 at 6:20 pm said:

Rock star!!!!!!

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Pravin on January 29, 2015 at 6:54 am said:

Really too good, thanks

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Roberto Finelli on January 30, 2015 at 10:13 am said:

Thanks very much, it worked perfectly!!

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joseph on February 5, 2015 at 6:36 am said:

simple solution. thanks

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raj on February 25, 2015 at 2:38 pm said:

Thanks a lot worked well

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Ebrown on February 26, 2015 at 2:52 pm said:

This worked perfectly

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Sterror on March 12, 2015 at 7:30 am said:

Works like a charm, thank you so much.

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Prakash on March 12, 2015 at 10:02 am said:

Works, Thanks very much

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Monisha on March 12, 2015 at 1:22 pm said:

it was so helpful.. thank you

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Rama on March 17, 2015 at 8:12 pm said:

worked … thank you

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Chris Park on March 19, 2015 at 2:41 pm said:

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Rohith on March 20, 2015 at 12:16 pm said:

Thanks it really worked ..you saved lot of my time .. thanks a lot

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Anand Kushwaha on March 27, 2015 at 5:39 am said:

Thanks a lot… Its worked perfectly.

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Abhishek M on March 28, 2015 at 6:17 am said:

Thanks you very much. worked like a charm!!

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sajith on April 16, 2015 at 7:18 am said:

thank you very much

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Arjun CV on April 16, 2015 at 1:18 pm said:

You’r awesome, it worked!!

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sai on April 17, 2015 at 5:49 am said:

thank you

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Nivedhitha on April 20, 2015 at 7:45 am said:

Thanks a lot!! it worked..

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prasanthi kotaru on April 20, 2015 at 9:40 am said:

thank you.it worked.

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Shruti on April 27, 2015 at 7:15 am said:

It was really helpful !! Thanks a ton !1

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AB on May 1, 2015 at 5:17 pm said:

thanks a lot

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Sunitha on May 5, 2015 at 2:49 pm said:

Awesome.. it worked.. thanks

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sravani on May 13, 2015 at 5:44 am said:

Perfect,it worked

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Adilson on May 15, 2015 at 7:20 pm said:

Very good!!!

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Arun Kumar on May 22, 2015 at 11:02 am said:

Thank You very much..
It’s working fine.

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Raghu on May 25, 2015 at 2:48 pm said:

I was surprised. It worked well. Thank you.

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lesley on June 25, 2015 at 9:44 pm said:

It even worked for me and I am a numbskull. Thanks!!

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Sasi on July 28, 2015 at 12:51 pm said:

Followed your steps and it worked very well. Thanks a lot.

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Kavya on August 13, 2015 at 6:42 am said:

This solution is the best. thank you for posting

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Prathyusha on August 17, 2015 at 10:45 am said:

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

I was surfing net to download that .dll file and I landed on this awesome page. Thanks a lot. This really works

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p on August 20, 2015 at 7:30 am said:

Super!! it works

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umesh kumar on August 20, 2015 at 12:20 pm said:

great work …

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Abdullah Al Mahamud on August 23, 2015 at 9:20 am said:

Good Solution.
This is work perfect.
thank again for this solution

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Jonas on August 28, 2015 at 7:42 am said:

Great! Thanks!

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Sunnyz on September 3, 2015 at 6:07 am said:

thanks a ton ! it worked

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sravya on September 4, 2015 at 7:40 am said:

thanks alot….it worked finallly

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Ganesan Natarajan on September 9, 2015 at 9:13 pm said:

Thanks a lot, it worked!

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shalakha on September 16, 2015 at 7:17 am said:

thanks! it worked!

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ankit on September 16, 2015 at 7:45 am said:

Thanks a lot, really awesome

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Martha on October 7, 2015 at 12:20 pm said:

Thanks a lot.

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Patrickbot-beep-beep on October 16, 2015 at 2:46 pm said:

Thanks a lot! Awesome!

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Bismaya on November 3, 2015 at 2:20 pm said:

Great. awesome work. Thanks

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Shwetha on November 25, 2015 at 9:32 am said:

Thank you!!!Worked perfectly.

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Kishan on December 13, 2015 at 9:22 am said:

Thanks Dude . Its really good solution

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Nishant on December 22, 2015 at 1:15 pm said:

Thanks a Lot. It worked

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Harika on December 24, 2015 at 5:49 pm said:

wow…It worked perfectly…Thank you so much

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Prasanth on January 8, 2016 at 4:38 am said:

Yes !!! Its worked …Thank you

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Roshni on January 25, 2016 at 9:28 am said:

thanks a lot …worked for me as well

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Naren on January 27, 2016 at 4:49 pm said:

Thanks. This worked well for me.

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sachin on February 3, 2016 at 10:58 am said:

Yes Its worked …Thank you

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oGore on February 16, 2016 at 7:52 pm said:

Still WORKS! Thanks

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deeps on February 17, 2016 at 6:40 am said:

thanks it worked

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Bhavyashree G on March 9, 2016 at 12:16 pm said:

thanks a lot

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chandan on March 11, 2016 at 3:20 pm said:

Super..It was an immediate fix dude

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Prachi on March 22, 2016 at 4:59 am said:

I followed the exact steps & it worked perfectly. Thank you so much

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Joe Dones on April 13, 2016 at 6:38 pm said:

This worked perfectly. Thank you!

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Yash on April 25, 2016 at 6:09 am said:

Thanks, It’s worked. Simple and best Answer.

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John on May 12, 2016 at 3:50 am said:

Perfect! Thank you…

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Satya on May 19, 2016 at 12:31 pm said:

Precise instruction, which works perfectly!

Thank you.

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Kumar on June 9, 2016 at 5:53 am said:

Hi Its worked perfectly but after 2 weeks re surfaced the same. Do we need to do any other configuration after the above steps

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Md. Jahidull Islam on June 15, 2016 at 9:33 am said:

Thanks It worked for me in windows 10 64 bit. Thanks a lot

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Zaini Akhsan on June 29, 2016 at 6:25 am said:

thanks, its work perfectly

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med on July 21, 2016 at 10:43 am said:

Perfect , thak you brother

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Sachin Mhatre on August 12, 2016 at 7:27 am said:

Thank you so much.

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vikas dhyani on August 30, 2016 at 6:37 am said:

we already have the DLL, just need to map them. It worked really nice. THanks.

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Santhi on November 22, 2016 at 7:12 am said:

Thanks, it worked.

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George on January 27, 2017 at 3:03 am said:

Thank you!!

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It magically works. Thanks Dude..

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Claudio T M Filho on April 12, 2017 at 1:54 pm said:

Thank you!!!!

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