Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package 2017 : Lightweight package that contains various run-time components of Visual C++ libraries required to run C++ apps built with Visual Studio 2017
Note: This is the 2017 version of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package. The older version, Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package 2015, is listed separately.If you don't know what exactly Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages are, here's a forthright explanation: they're packages or libraries of shared code that allow C++ apps to be run on your computer without the need to install the full-featured IDE which is Visual C++.Basically, Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package 2017 or Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 as its listed on Microsoft's website is required to run applications developed with the corresponding Visual C++ 2017.
Some technicalities
Please note that these packages come with support for all types of CPU architectures courtesy of streamlined x86 and x64 installers. It might be worth considering installing both these packages though, since there a fair share of apps which require specific components for both architecture types.The 2017 packages are actually slightly updated packages of the 2015 packages of the and consist out of various run-time components such as C Runtime (CRT), Standard C++, MFC, C++ AMP, and Open MP Libraries and a few other files like vcruntime140.dll, msvcp140.dll, vcomp140.dll, vcamp140.dll, mfc140.dll, just to name a few.
Ensure full C++ app compatibility with the help of these redistributable packages
From the average user's standpoint this is all somewhat irrelevant. What is relevant, however, is how much space do these packages require and how easy it is to deploy them on your computer. Fortunately, there are no bad things to report here. Tipping the scales at somewhere well under 50 MB when fully deployed and packed with streamlined installers that hardly require anything more than two mouse clicks on your part, it's safe to say that having these packages on your computer is quite convenient.
Windows Server 2016 / Windows 10 64 bit / Windows 10 / Windows Server 2012 / Windows 2008 R2 / Windows 2008 64 bit / Windows 2008 / Windows 2003 / Windows 8 64 bit / Windows 8 / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package 2017 runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 13.9 MB.
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