Can I bundle the Visual Studio 2015 C++ Redistributable DLL's with my application? : <p>I've built a C++ application using Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition. I'm using Advanced Installer to make sure that the <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145">Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015</a> is a prerequisite.</p>

<p>However, the redistributable's installer isn't perfect. Some of my users have reported that the redistributable installer hangs, or it fails to install when it says it does, and then users get the "This program can't start because MSVCP140.dll is missing from your computer" error.</p>

<p>According to Microsoft, <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235299.aspx">I can now package the redistributable DLLs along with my application, though they don't recommend it:</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>To deploy redistributable Visual C++ files, you can use the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages (VCRedist_x86.exe, VCRedist_x64.exe, or VCRedist_arm.exe) that are included in Visual Studio. ... It's also possible to directly install redistributable Visual C++ DLLs in the application local folder, which is the folder that contains your executable application file. For servicing reasons, we do not recommend that you use this installation location.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>There are 4 files in <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\redist\x64\Microsoft.VC140.CRT</code>. Does that mean I just need to copy them to my application's directory during the install process?</p>

<ul>
<li>MyApp.exe</li>
<li>concrt140.dll</li>
<li>msvcp140.dll</li>
<li>vccorlib140.dll</li>
<li>vcruntime140.dll</li>
</ul>

<p>Is this OK to do? Do I need to show a license? Why aren't more people doing this instead of requiring yet another preinstall of the redistributable?</p>
