VALORANT: How To Fix The “Required Dependency” Error - Ultimate Guide

There are many users who are wondering how to fix required dependency error in VALORANT and which we will help solve

What is required dependency error in VALORANT

This is an error that has been occurring among users both during their first installation and after an update, and it brings with it the error message: "We were unable to install a required dependency on VALORANT".
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How to fix required dependency error in VALORANT

Before knowing how to correct the required dependency error, you have to know that knowing that the error could have originated from a bad installation of Vanguard, in this sense you will have to uninstall Vanguard from the Vanguard Tray icon itself or from the "Add / Remove" wizard programs. "

If you don't have the tray icon, uninstall "Riot Vanguard" with the "Add / Remove Programs" wizard and delete the "Riot Vanguard" folder in C: Program Files.

Then you will have to restart your PC and start the game again doing it as administrator (right click on the game> "Run as administrator") and let Vanguard install again.

But in case the error does not disappear you will have to uninstall uninstall the game and reinstall it by downloading the latest version of its installer from beta.playvalorant.com.

It could also be caused by a very old version of Windows. But if you are a Windows 7 user you will have to have two specific patches that are KB4490628 and then KB4474419, which you can access from the official Microsoft website.

 Thus we come to the end of this guide on how to fix required dependency error in Valorant, which we hope has been of the greatest possible use and has allowed you to solve this problem as soon as possible.