MySQL Bugs: #74568: SQL 6.2 not opening

Bug #74568	SQL 6.2 not opening
Submitted:	26 Oct 2014 4:06	Modified:	21 May 2015 7:48
Reporter:	Abhilasha Rani	Email Updates:
Status:	Can't repeat	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	6.2	OS:	Windows (8.1)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
My workbench is not opening. I tried re-installing, tried opening on two different laptop, still it is not opening.

How to repeat:
install workbench 6.2
try to open
it does not open

Suggested fix:
don't know

sometimes its saying : The program cant start because MSVCR120.dll is missing from your computer. Is that the reason?

From system log:-

Faulting application name: MySQLWorkbench.exe, version: 6.2.3.12312, time stamp: 0x541717ae
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.3.9600.17278, time stamp: 0x53eebf2e
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x000000000000606c
Faulting process id: 0x29c4
Faulting application start time: 0x01cff0d50a18b66a
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 6.2 CE\MySQLWorkbench.exe
Faulting module path: C:\windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 482c05f0-5cc8-11e4-8273-c454446c7624
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID: 

and

Application: MySQLWorkbench.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.IO.FileNotFoundException
Stack:
   at MySQL.GUI.Workbench.Program.Main(System.String[])

Thank you for the bug report. Do you have installed Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)?: 
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

I faced the same problem. When I tried to install "mysql-workbench-community-6.2.4-winx64.msi", it gave me warning about missing "MSVCR120.dll". I downloaded and added that .dll in my Windows 8 installation.

After that, installation was completed. But I can start Workbench now. It does not give any error message.

I also tried to run no install distribution "mysql-workbench-community-6.2.4-winx64-noinstall". But that also does not work for me. Here also, it does not give any error message.

Most likely that you have skipped prerequisites required for the WB.
Please see MySQL Workbench Prerequisites list and details:
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/

Also, see similar issues reported and tracked in Bug #62065, Bug #65673 and Bug #74568  many others. 

If you can provide more information, feel free to add it to this bug and change the status back to 'Open'.

Thank you for your interest in MySQL.