what is microsoft visual c++

Microsoft Visual C++ is a compiler for the C, C++, C++/CLI and C++/CX programming languages by Microsoft. It is proprietary software and features tools for developing and debugging C++ code, especially code written for the Windows API, DirectX and .NET. The Visual C++ Redistributable installs Microsoft C and C++ (MSVC) runtime libraries, which are required by many applications built by using Microsoft C and C++ tools. Many applications written in C, especially those created using the Microsoft Visual Studio developer environment, rely on a standard set of software libraries, without which the software can’t run. Therefore, it is not recommended to delete any Visual C++ redistributable, as doing so could make multiple applications on your computer stop working. If you were to remove Visual C++ redistributables that are no longer used by any software on your computer, there is no automated way to determine which ones to remove.