Many Rainmeter plugins depend on specific versions of Microsoft Visual C++ to execute their code.
Attempting to load a 32-bit plugin into a 64-bit version of Rainmeter (or vice versa) often triggers this failure. rainmeter dll load error 126
No grey error boxes. No code 126.
He opened his browser and downloaded the 2015 redistributable. Then the 2012. Then the 2010. He installed them all. He rebooted. He refreshed Rainmeter. Many Rainmeter plugins depend on specific versions of