Check for Visual C++ Redistributables and UCRT
The most interesting part of the name is the prefix This indicates that the file is part of a "MinWin" (Minimal Windows) component. In the old days of Windows, core system functions were tangled up in massive, monolithic files. If one part broke, the whole system crashed. To fix this, Microsoft began breaking the OS down into tiny, isolated components. api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-6.dll is one of these tiny components—a specific gear in the engine, rather than the engine itself. api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-6.dll missing
Summary
: Many missing "api-ms-win-core" errors are resolved by installing or repairing the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015-2022. Check for Visual C++ Redistributables and UCRT The