Windows Update usually installs it automatically when needed.
Microsoft offers two versions on the download page:
This guide cuts through the technical noise. We’ll cover exactly what this package does, where to download the official file (safely), and how to install it correctly. In simple terms: Developers use Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 to write programs in C++. When they finish building that program, it requires specific Microsoft “runtime” libraries to run on your PC.
The only official source is .
Instead of bundling these libraries inside every single app (which would waste space), Microsoft packages them into a . You install it once, and any app that needs those libraries can use them.
If you’ve ever installed a PC game, run a piece of engineering software, or launched a custom-built application, you’ve likely encountered a frustrating error: “VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing” or “Code execution cannot proceed because MSVCP140.dll was not found.”
👉 (Replace with actual Microsoft link – typically aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe )
The fix is almost always the same—you need the .
