The latest Visual Studio 2022 redistributable dropped support for Windows 7 and 8.1 (as of VS 2022 17.6+). For older OSes, use an earlier 14.x redistributable or upgrade the OS.
If a user tries to run such an application without the correct redistributable installed, they will encounter an error like: “The code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found.” A crucial point of confusion: the version number of the redistributable does not match the Visual Studio year. Visual Studio 2022 ships with runtime version 14.3x (e.g., 14.30, 14.36, 14.38). This versioning is backward-compatible—applications built with Visual Studio 2015, 2017, and 2019 all use runtime version 14.x. Therefore, the latest Visual Studio 2022 Redistributable can often run applications built with those older versions , provided you install the most recent 14.x package. visual studio 2022 redistributable
Your app may require a specific version of the CRT (e.g., 14.30 vs 14.38). Install the exact version used by the developer, or use the latest redistributable if the app is “14.x generic.” Visual Studio 2022 ships with runtime version 14