687: Sibelius 7.1 does not run on Windows Vista due to missing DWrite.dll

Sibelius 7.1 fails to start on Windows Vista, and shows the following error message: This application has failed to start because DWrite.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.

Details

Product
 Sibelius
Versions
affected
 7.1
Changed
 06 Jan 2012

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