> And this is coming up a lot. This is something that should already be > on all supported versions of Windows if Windows updates are done, right?
No, it's not an update. You install the runtime *if* you need it. > but maybe it's time that the > Python installer bundles the redistributable installer and installs it > if necessary during Python's install. That's exactly how most other software does work and wix for example even has support for it... http://wixtoolset.org/documentation/manual/v3/howtos/redistributables_and_install_checks/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list