Help with drivers? I've done everything I can think of.

I was having trouble launching aoe2, so I went ahead and un/re-installed it. Now when I launch I get a Steam client request popup and then an error with C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVP140.dll0. I traced that to an issue with Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable , and I installed the latest one to no avail.

Now when I start the game, it pops up with a "performing first-time setup" box briefly, then the same C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSVP140.dll0 error.

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I got up early this beautiful morning to play my favorite game. Help?

Edit: I've loaded multiple other games normally.