VC 12 depreciation on new Windows machines

Issue

When you launch Photoshop Elements Editor 2024, you see the following error:

• Error at loading of MSVCR120 library.

Reason

Microsoft has ended support for Visual Studio 2013 (MS VC++ 12 ) on April 9, 2024. For more information, visit here. 

As a security measure, the Elements installer will stop installing the MS VC ++ 12 run-time installer.

VC ++ 12(MS VS 2013) is used by Photoshop Elements editor. The absence of VC ++ 12(MS VS 2013) on your machine will have an impact on the following features:

• Smooth Skin
• Adjust Facial features
• Moving Photos
• Export on Moving elements
• Export on Moving Overlays
• Export in Photoreel

Solution

Please update your Photoshop Elements 2024 app to version 2024.3, which includes a fix for this issue. For more details, refer to the release notes for Photoshop Elements.