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Once finished, restart your PC to ensure all system paths are updated. Is it Safe?

Are you trying to fix a right now, or are you just prepping a fresh Windows install ?

While Windows usually handles these updates, the most efficient way to ensure your system is fully compatible with every era of software is to use a installer. What are Visual C++ Redistributables?

It installs every version from 2005 to the present in one click.

If you are setting up a fresh installation of Windows for gaming, the Visual C++ AIO should be one of the first things you install, alongside your GPU drivers and DirectX. This prevents 99% of "first-launch" crashes in Steam, Epic Games, and GOG libraries.

Right-click the .bat or .exe file (often named install_all.bat ) and select Run as Administrator .

A command prompt window will likely appear, cycling through the installations. This can take 2–5 minutes.

Manually tracking down every version of the runtimes is a chore. Microsoft offers individual downloads for 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, and the 2015-2022 hybrid pack. To complicate things further, 64-bit systems usually require both the and x64 (64-bit) versions of each. An All-in-One (AIO) installer solves this by:

If you see any of the following, an AIO package is likely the solution: MSVCRT.dll is missing Runtime Error! Side-by-side configuration is incorrect VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found 0xc000007b Application Error How to Install the All-in-One Package