Not able to launch WAMP - Aestan Tray Menu has stopped working

Question

I just downloaded and installed WAMP, when I open it I get a warning box that

Aestan Tray Menu has stopped working -\"A problem has caused program

Answer 1

Mathieu has indeed provided the correct answer.

At least under Windows XP you need to intall:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package

in order to make it work. You can download it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=29