The Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable provides a powerful and flexible development environment for creating applications based on Microsoft Windows and Microsoft .NET.
The Visual C++ Redistributable Package installs run-time components of Visual C++ libraries. These components are required to run C++ applications developed using Visual Studio 2022 and link dynamically to libraries.
You can use these packages to run applications on a computer, even if Visual Studio 2022 is not installed. These packages install the run-time components of the following libraries: C Runtime (CRT), Standard C++, MFC, C++ AMP, and OpenMP.
Microsoft Visual C++ (also referred to as MSVC) is a commercial integrated development environment (IDE) developed by Microsoft for the C, C++, and C++/CLI programming languages. It provides tools and libraries for creating Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps and native Windows desktop and server applications. Additionally, these tools enable the creation of cross-platform libraries and applications that run on Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS, along with managed applications and libraries that utilize the Microsoft .NET Framework.
You can use Visual C++ to write anything from simple console apps to the most sophisticated and complex apps for Windows desktops. From device drivers and operating system components to cross-platform games for mobile devices. And from the smallest IoT devices to multi-server high-performance computing in the Azure cloud.
Visual C++ provides functionalities including syntax highlighting, IntelliSense (a coding autocompletion feature), and advanced debugging functionality. For example, it supports remote debugging using a separate computer and permits debugging by stepping through the code line by line. The ‘edit and continue’ functionality allows for changing the source code and rebuilding the program during debugging without restarting the application.
The compile and build system feature, precompiled header files, “minimal rebuild” functionality, and incremental link significantly shorten the turn-around time to edit, compile, and link the program, especially for large software projects.
Supported Operating Systems:
- Windows 11 version 21H2 or higher: Home, Pro, Pro Education, Pro for Workstations, Enterprise, and Education
- Windows 10 version 1909 or higher: Home, Professional, Education, and Enterprise.
- Windows Server 2022: Standard and Datacenter.
- Windows Server 2019: Standard and Datacenter
- Windows Server 2016: Standard and Datacenter
- Windows 8.1 (with Update 2919355): Core, Professional, and Enterprise
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (with Update 2919355): Essentials, Standard, Datacenter
- Windows 7 SP1 (with latest Windows Updates): Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate
Size: 13.3 MB
DOWNLOAD Visual C++ Redistributable for Windows x86
DOWNLOAD Visual C++ Redistributable for Windows x64
DOWNLOAD Visual C++ Redistributable for ARM64 processors
Note Microsoft Visual C++ 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022 all share the same redistributable files.
For example, installing the Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 redistributable will also affect programs built with Visual C++ 2015, 2017, and 2019. However, installing the Visual C++ 2015 redistributable won’t replace the newer versions of the files installed by the Visual C++ 2017, 2019, and 2022 redistributables.
This differs from all previous Microsoft Visual C++ versions, as each had distinct runtime files that were not shared with other versions.
