Here is the specific technical feature and purpose of this file:

You generally cannot run this file standalone without the corresponding vc_runtimeadditional_x64.msi if your application uses Standard C++ Library features. It is designed to be part of a pair.

It installs the minimum required set of Visual C++ Runtime libraries (specifically VCRuntime and C Runtime (CRT) ) for x64 (64-bit) architecture.

Based on the naming convention , this is a component of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable .

vc_runtimeminimum_x64.msi

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