To the user, it was just an error message. A ghost in the machine. But to the operating system, it was the —the tiny diplomat that answered one fundamental question: “What version of Windows am I running?”
: Some poorly packaged applications include an incorrect or 32-bit version of this DLL in their installation folder, causing conflicts. Api-ms-win-core-version-l1-1-1.dll 64 Bit
System File Checker is a built-in Windows tool that scans for and repairs corrupted system files, including missing DLLs. To the user, it was just an error message