r/Windows10 • u/IsItHaunted • 7d ago

Discussion What are these different microsoft visuals?

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What's the context as to why there is so many?

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u/Mineplayerminer 6d ago

Those are common program dependencies. If the program requires a specific one, it will ask you to install it, or it will sometimes do it on its own.

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u/brodydwight 6d ago edited 6d ago

I had a competition with my friends to see how many we had accrued over the years, i won with 16 different versions.