RhinoCore.dll Could Not Be Loaded

Symptoms: You start Rhino 8 and see the error “RhinoCore.dll Could Not Be Loaded”

Cause: One or more dependencies of Rhino failed to install or need to be repaired.

Repair Solution

The repair option can be found here:

Go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features. Right-click Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable and choose Repair.

- Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64)

Install Solution

  1. Download and Run .NET Framework Repair tool
  2. Download and install the latest Visual Studio 2015/2019/2022 runtimes from Microsoft