Developers often build with “Dynamic CRT” (the default). That means your app requires the matching runtime installed on the target machine. If it’s missing → crash.
Or use the pre-installed Visual Studio image that already has runtimes. visual studio runtime
Note: Microsoft kept the base name VCRUNTIME140 for backward compatibility, but each toolset has its own redistributable. Developers often build with “Dynamic CRT” (the default)
The runtime works dynamically. When you launch a program like Adobe Photoshop, a complex PC game, or even Microsoft Office, the application sends a request to the operating system to load specific .dll files (Dynamic Link Libraries) provided by the Visual C++ Redistributable. If the correct version of the runtime is missing, the application will fail to launch, often resulting in errors such as "The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCP140.dll was not found." Or use the pre-installed Visual Studio image that