Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 installs run-time components of Visual C++ libraries. These components are required to run C++ applications that are developed using Visual Studio 2017 and link dynamically to Visual C++ libraries. The packages can be used to run such applications on a computer even if it does not have Visual Studio 2017 installed. These packages also install run-time components of C Runtime (CRT), Standard C++, MFC, C++ AMP, and OpenMP libraries. The Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 consists of files vcruntime140.dll, msvcp140.dll, vcomp140.dll, vcamp140.dll, mfc140.dll and other. ## Notes [Supported Operating Systems](https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/productinfo/vs2017-sysrequirements-vs): Windows 10, Windows 8.1 / Server 2012 R2 (with KB2919355), Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 SP1 (with KB3033929) / Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Vista SP2 / Server 2008 SP2, Windows XP SP3 / Windows Server 2003 SP2 On some systems, if KB2999226 is installed as a dependency of this package, the computer may need to be restarted before the installation of this package will succeed.