Visual C++ Redistributable 2017 Page

Without the correct redistributable installed, an application attempting to launch will fail, often presenting error messages such as "The program can't start because msvcp140.dll is missing from your computer." The 2017 Redistributable ensures that the specific code libraries required by software built in Visual Studio 2017 are present on the user's machine.

: Instead of including all these libraries inside the program itself (which would make it huge), the program "links" to them. visual c++ redistributable 2017

Without the correct redistributable installed, an application attempting to launch will fail, often presenting error messages such as "The program can't start because msvcp140.dll is missing from your computer." The 2017 Redistributable ensures that the specific code libraries required by software built in Visual Studio 2017 are present on the user's machine.

: Instead of including all these libraries inside the program itself (which would make it huge), the program "links" to them.