Keep them all. The storage overhead is minuscule (a few hundred MB), and removing them will break older programs.
: Many Windows programs are not "self-contained" and require these external libraries to run. Without them, users often face errors like "MSVCP140.dll is missing". Unified Support Keep them all
The 2019 version is often compatible with software built using Visual C++ 2015, 2017, and 2019 because they share the same major version (14.x). However, for full compatibility, install the version the software explicitly requests. for full compatibility
[Download Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable from Microsoft (official)] (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist) Keep them all
Visual Studio 2015 (VC 14.0) Visual Studio 2017 (VC 14.1) Visual Studio 2019 (VC 14.2) All use the same redistributable package as of the latest updates.