you followed this? remove: - microsoft visual c++ 2005-2015 x86 redistributable restart your pc, download the installationwizard http://updates.buddyauth.com/BuddyWizard.zip run them as administrator. after wizard installation is done, run windows update. And install all updates for .net & c++ install https://www.thebuddyforum.com/BuddyWizard.exe restart
Attempted all as listed. Twice. Still receiving the failed application start because its missing "visual studio 2015 update 3 x86, VC++ 14.0