prisma: Prisma engines can't run on fresh installation of Windows without MSVCR

Bug description

Prisma schema loaded from prisma\schema.prisma
Error: Unable to require(`C:\Users\emad-\code\api_v3\node_modules\prisma\query_engine-windows.dll.node`)
 The specified module could not be found.
\\?\C:\Users\emad-\code\api_v3\node_modules\prisma\query_engine-windows.dll.node

How to reproduce

npm install prisma --save-dev
npx prisma generate

Expected behavior

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Prisma information

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Environment & setup

OS: Windows 11
Database: Mysql
Node.js version:v14.18.1

Prisma Version

latest version, running prisma -v output Error: Command failed with exit code 3221225781: C:\Users\emad-\code\api_v3\node_modules\@prisma\engines\introspection-engine-windows.exe --version

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About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 3 years ago
Comments: 16 (5 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

The other issue suggest installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable would fix this so please try installing that.

+39

pantharshit00 on Oct 26, 2021

The other issue suggest installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable would fix this so please try installing that.

That fixed it, Thank you so much!

i was trying to fix this for days without luck, i even searched in the issues. weird that i didn’t get the issue you mention!

Dramex on Oct 27, 2021

The other issue suggest installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable would fix this so please try installing that.

I wonder if we should compile engines with -C target-feature=+crt-static for x86_64-pc-windows-msvc to avoid this kind of issues.

aqrln on Oct 26, 2021

Thanks a lot , you saved me @pantharshit00

Chetan77verma on May 23, 2022