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Title
Active Roles Administration Service Fails To Start With Timeout Error -
Description
When attempting to start the Active Roles Administration Service it fails to start instantly and a timeout error is presented. There are no errors in the Active Roles Admin Service logs in Windows Event Viewer. -
Cause
The following error can be found in the Active Roles Server System logs in Windows Event Viewer.
"A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Active Roles Administration Service service to connect."
This is due to an issue with the following .dll file related to Visual C++ missing or being corrupted:
VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
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Resolution
Uninstall and reinstall both the x86 and x64 versions of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 - 2019 Redistributable on the Active Roles Server in question and then attempt to start the Active Roles Administration Service.