: Despite the "2013" branding, the internal toolchain version is 12.0, not 13.0. Visual Studio 2015 introduced version 14.0.
Prior to Windows 10, the Visual C++ runtime was not a core OS component. Applications statically linking the CRT were rare due to size and update constraints. Instead, developers dynamically linked against the redistributable runtime. The vc2013redist_x86 was released in 2013 alongside Visual Studio 2013, supporting Windows versions from Windows 7 SP1 to Windows 8.1, and later Windows 10/11. vc2013redistx86
The "120" in the DLL name (e.g., msvcp120.dll ) is the internal version number for Visual C++ 2013. If you see "120," you know you are dealing with a 2013 Redistributable issue. : Despite the "2013" branding, the internal toolchain