

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. Please note that these packages come with support for all types of CPU architectures courtesy of streamlined x86 and 圆4 installers. However, running an older installer will not conflict with a more recent installation.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++.īasically, Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package 2015-2019 or Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015-2019 as its listed on Microsoft's website is required to run applications developed with the corresponding Visual C++ 2015-2019. I interpret this as meaning that, if you have an 'older' version of the vc_redist installation (released, say, with VS2015), it's components will be updated by any newer installation. Versions, as they each had their own distinct runtime files, not This is different from all previous Visual C++ Newer versions of the files installed by the Visual C++ 20 Installing the Visual C++ 2015 redistributable will not replace the The latest versions, for the three supported processor platforms, can be downloaded and/or installed from the following links:ĮDIT: There may be some confusion, here, over the 'version check' I mentioned above! From the same Microsoft Support page:įor example, installing the Visual C++ 2019 redistributable willĪffect programs built with Visual C++ 20 also.

Whether or not future versions of Visual C++ will also share the same redistributable package is not certain. (The "14" comes from the fact the Visual Studio 2015 includes version 14 of the MSVC compiler VS2017 = MSVC v15 and VS2019 = MSVC v16.) The runtime libraries that comprise this redistributable package are sometimes (confusingly) referred to as Visual C++ "14" Runtime Libraries. However, there have been many different versions of this redistributable package released! The installer programs (linked below) will do the required checks, to see if a more recent version is already present on the target computer, and signal if so.

Note Visual C++ 2015, 20 all share the same redistributable files. The VC++ runtime redistributables are the same for VS 2015, 20! From Microsoft Support:
