The error involving typically occurs when a program—often a game like Minecraft for Windows 10 or a productivity app—cannot locate a specific "ApiSet Stub" file required to handle Windows Error Reporting (WER) functions.

Most "api-ms-win-core" errors are resolved by installing the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable. This package contains the runtime libraries that provide these API sets to your system. Download both the and x64 versions for your system.

Trying to run modern Windows 10/11 apps on older versions like Windows 7 or 8.1 where this specific API set doesn't exist.

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