Visual C++ End User Runtime Jun 2026

The Visual C++ End User Runtime, also known as the Visual C++ Redistributable, is a package that contains the Visual C++ runtime libraries that are required to run applications built with Visual C++ on a Windows system.

Microsoft allowed application-local deployment (copying DLLs into the app folder) via Merge Modules ( .msm ). This solved version conflicts but bloated disk usage and created security patching nightmares (an app retained a vulnerable msvcp110.dll forever). visual c++ end user runtime