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Can I redistribute the dll for the window application I made?

Anonymous
2021-01-17T09:13:08+00:00

The file below is essential for the program I created to run. Is there any problem if I bundle the dll files below into my app and distribute them? Or is there an obligation to notify the copyright?

VCRUNTIME140.dll

api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll

MSVCP140.dll

MSVCP140_1.dll

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  1. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-01-17T10:58:39+00:00

    Hi Minkyu

    Okay, then yes, you should distribute that Visual C++ 2015 redistributable and that API dll, there is no restrictions on you doing that . . .

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-01-17T10:53:10+00:00

    I'm using Python Pyinstaller. Windows 7 is not supported since Python 3.9 version, but if I manually copy the file, I found out that it is supported and tried to manually copy and distribute it.

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  2. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-01-17T10:27:10+00:00

    Hi Minkyu

    Yes, you can re-distribute that API dll, there is no restrictions on re=distributing an API DLL

    What programming environment are you using, are you using Visual Studio to create your software, and if so, if you add those DLL's to your project, are you able to select a 'Local Copy' of the DLL's?

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-17T10:21:43+00:00

    file name

    api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll

    information

    https://ko.dll-files.com/api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll.html

    This is the dll file included with the Windows operating system. Can this file be distributed free of charge by a commercial developer?

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  4. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-01-17T09:48:37+00:00

    Hi Minkyu

    I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this . . .

    The DLL's you list come are part of the Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable and you are free to bundle that with your software

    Generally, the way to include that with your software, is to provide an installer for your software, and make that redistributable a pre-requisite to install your software, you can bundle the redistributable in the installer, where it would be installed before your software

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/detail...

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