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aditya vasisht
aditya vasisht

Reputation: 1

Can VC_redistx64 package be installed and used, without visual studio?

I understand vc_redistributable is a set of libraries required to run applications built out of Visual studio. So at my work place, can I install vc_redist on a device and avail its benefits without installing visual studio on that device?

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Views: 342

Answers (1)

Alex Guteniev
Alex Guteniev

Reputation: 13719

Yes, and it is considered to be a preferred way to make the application running on other devices.

Can be downloaded from Microsoft site https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

Alternate ways include statically linking, or distribute DLLs locally.

Note that the debug version is not distributed with vc_redist, generally you should not distribute the debug build of your software.

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