Visual C++ 2019 — Redistributable !!better!!

Each redist is about 10–25 MB. Uninstalling a few saves less than 100 MB. Not worth breaking applications.

Mostly true for newer apps, but some legacy installers explicitly check for 2019 and will error out if it’s missing. It’s safer to keep them. visual c++ 2019 redistributable

Enter the . It’s Microsoft’s official, system-wide package of those runtime libraries. Instead of bundling the runtime with every app, developers can say: "This program requires the Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable." You install it once, and any app that needs it can use that shared, trusted version. Each redist is about 10–25 MB