Technical Overview: Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable (x64)
Technically yes, but practically NO. Many legacy applications explicitly check the registry for the exact 2015 or 2017 keys. Even though the binaries are the same, the installer may fail. Keep all version entries from 2015 onward. microsoft visual c 2019 redistributable package %28x64%29
He looked at the URL bar again. %28x64%29. The encoded parentheses stared back at him. Parentheses usually indicated an afterthought, a side note. But here, the architecture—x64—was the whole point. The application was 64-bit, demanding the heavy lifting of the 2019 libraries. The server was starving for the specific C++ runtime libraries: msvcp140.dll, vcruntime140.dll, and the dreaded vcruntime140_1.dll. x86 (32-bit) version installs 32-bit runtime DLLs
Or for a fully silent installation with a progress bar: He looked at the URL bar again