On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 04:15:17 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:
Just another version of Microsoft C run-time. Most C-coded programs do
not roll up all libs they call into the .exe as that would enlarge the
size of that file. Since (the assumption) the C run-time libs are
already on the Windows hosts, the program author can reduce the size of
his .exe file.

I have only one data point, but it goes against what you said.

I work for a company whose software depends on MSVC++ runtimes, and
it includes them in the installer. Testing in clean Windows systems
from Windows XP to Server 2012, I pretty much always see those
runtimes getting installed, which wouldn't happen if they were
already there.
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