


You can make your application not requiring this library by setting your project options in Configuration Properties > C/C++ > Code Generation > Runtime Library to "Multi-threaded " without the "DLL" part, which makes it statically linked.

For example, version for Visual Studio 2013 (Release configuration) consists of files: msvcr120.dll, msvcp120.dll. Each version of Visual Studio has their own set. The functions of standard C/C++ library are implemented in a package of DLL-s called Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package. You may think that unless you explicitly use some external library (like FMOD), your program will not require any additional libraries to work, but when coding in C++ using Visual Studio, this is not the case. I keep it for reference, but it probably doesn't reflect my current knowledge and beliefs. Warning! Some information on this page is older than 6 years now.
