side by side eror,microsoft.VC80.MFC, version ="8.050608.0" could not be found

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I am trying to run OrCad capture but i got an error side by side and found out that the problem is :

Activation context generation failed for "C:\OrCAD\OrCAD_16.6_Lite\tools\capture\Capture.exe". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.MFC,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50608.0" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.

but i cant find something in microsoft softwares to fix it .

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You need to install the 32-bit Visual C++ 2005 runtime. VC80 is Visual C++ 2005. IDK if it is still available...but this looks like it is probably it: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26347