Again, we come to the arena of Microsoft Visual Basics and just another one of the many runtime errors that can occur due to program and system conflicts within the operating system environment. The Runtime Error 13 is a type mismatch or program error that can happen when running all sorts of programs that utilises the Visual Basics Environment as part of its launch matrix. This can range from financial software all the way to antivirus software, all of which, in some way or the other, make use of the VB environment. Solving this error is quite similar to the way everyone solves other runtime errors, which is identifying the break in the chain.

A runtime error occurs when there is a hiccup within the sequence of launches or system components that run in a specific order to launch a software. For example, when launching a game, Windows needs to load the appropriate data files, system files, game data files and many others before the shell of the game can be launched. Normally, these files are run in a sequence (which is where the term ‘runtime' comes from) and when this happens, the problems will rear their heads when there is either a missing file, an inert file, a file with a wrong file name or any other conflict. When it comes to the VB environment, there are usually conflicts and system errors.

What you need to do is try to identify the files (used by the program itself) that have caused the error. Check for possible reported conflicts online by the specific developers and they usually will have instructions on how to avoid these conflicts. They might even have posted a software patch for you to install that will solve the problem, and this is the easiest way to resolve runtime errors. Another way is to reinstall the software, as a bad install might be one of the cases where run time errors can occur, especially when it comes to critical drivers and system files needed by Windows and VB to run the specific program. Reinstallation usually solves this problem.

Another option is to get a PC or Registry Cleaner, which is one of the best ways to get rid of program conflicts (said to be the major cause of runtime errors). It might even be just a problem with the integrity of the registry, all of which a registry cleaner can fix and sort out within a few minutes. These are some of the ways that you can adopt to solve the problem, but if it goes beyond that, then there might be an issue of a Trojan or even a virus that has infected the operating system. They have been known to cause runtime errors by changing the code of random files and even the VB environment. Scan your computer with a good anti virus software and you might be able to find and weed out a pesky Trojan or worm hiding in your system memory.

So you see, troubleshooting runtime error 13 is not necessarily all that hard to do. It shares a common solution as other runtime errors, and once you've weeded out the problem within the registry, runtime error 13 should no longer be a problem to you.