Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package installs run-time components that are required to run C++ applications built using Visual Studio 2015, 2017, and 2019.
and link dynamically to Visual C++ libraries. These package can be used to run such applications on a computer even if it does not have Visual Studio installed. These packages install run-time components of these libraries: C Runtime (CRT), Standard C++, MFC, C++ AMP, and OpenMP.
The Visual C++ Redistributable Packages 64 bit install run-time components of Visual C++ libraries. These components are required to run C++ applications that are developed using Visual Studio
For example, installing the Visual C++ 2019 redistributable will affect programs built with Visual C++ 2015 and 2017 also. However, installing the Visual C++ 2015 redistributable will not replace the newer versions of the files installed by the Visual C++ 2017 and 2019 redistributables.
This is different from all previous Visual C++ versions, as they each had their own distinct runtime files, not shared with other versions.
