Body: <p>My system configuration: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1.</p>
  
  <p>When I try to install NXT software v2.1, I immediately get the error below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Microsoft Visual C++ runtime 
  
  Runtime Error 
  
  program: D: Nxt/setup.exe
  
  This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. 
  Please contact the application's support team for more information.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I had the same problem in Win XP also. Let me know how to fix this issue, please.</p>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2012-12-07T01:44:07.840Z
Comments.Text: It sounds like you have the wrong NXT release.  Where did you get that v2.1?  Can you give the link?
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Comments.CreationDate: 2013-10-11T14:35:17.627Z
Comments.Text: You could also try updating Microsoft Visual. A lot of people have this problem for various Windows applications.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Timtech
Tags: <nxt><mindstorms><software>
Title: NXT software V2.1 runtime installation error in windows
UserDisplayName: baskaran
ThreadText: # NXT software V2.1 runtime installation error in windows
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-12-03)
  
  My system configuration: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1.
  
  When I try to install NXT software v2.1, I immediately get the error below:
  
  ```
  Microsoft Visual C++ runtime 
  
  Runtime Error 
  
  program: D: Nxt/setup.exe
  
  This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. 
  Please contact the application's support team for more information.
  
  ```
  
  I had the same problem in Win XP also. Let me know how to fix this issue, please.
  
  **Tags:** nxt, mindstorms, software
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It sounds like you have the wrong NXT release.  Where did you get that v2.1?  Can you give the link?  
  > **username_2**: You could also try updating Microsoft Visual. A lot of people have this problem for various Windows applications.  
  
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