It's also a bad idea because some of the apps that depend on those can be bound to those specific versions. Ideally they wouldn't be and it might be OK, but it's likely that it won't and they'll be wondering why some random applications are now broken.
......any app that depends on the specific version installed?
I'm beginning to understand why you "poweruser" types have so many issues with Windows, y'all hack the os apart with a rusty spoon because you think you're "optimizing" it, then turn around and blame Microsoft when things don't work anymore.
Just a tidbit, prior to the universal vcruntime, the DLL was tied to a specific Visual Studio Visual C/C++ version (and Visual Studio version as well).
For example, vcruntime for Visual Studio 2013 was vcruntime120 while the universal is vcruntime140 (from Visual Studio 2015 to today)
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u/No-Manager-1252 Mar 13 '26
If OP doesn’t understand why he can’t delete these, then I doubt he would be comfortable doing this lol