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I am new to VC++, etc . Could the learned viewer let me know - what does a Visual C++ executable need in order to run ? We want to create a product in VC++, we would like to know when it is installed and run on a bare minimum Windows machine, will it require any other software ?

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The respective Visual C++ Redistributable Packages are not installed by default with Windows but will be required to run VC++ executables unless statically including the runtime library.

Have a look at Microsoft Visual Studio ~ C/C++ Runtime Library ~ Static/dynamic linking for some more information on the difference between having the runtime statically included or using the dll.

See the latest supported Visual C++ downloads for downloading redistributable packages for Visual C++.

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  • Thank you. But Is this already present in a default Windows installation? I have a Windows installation on my machine that has VC++, so should I conclude default environment to run a basic level (dll type) VC++ application is present on a Windows installation. – user4127664 May 16 '15 at 02:22
  • @user4127664: no, the Visual Studio runtimes are not included in Windows. See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2014/04/11/10516280.aspx – Harry Johnston May 16 '15 at 03:38