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Msvcrt.dll is the name of the Microsoft Visual C runtime.

Description & Purpose

Msvcrt.dll is the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime for Visual C++ version 4.2 to 6.0. It provides programs compiled with these versions of Visual C++ a typical set of library functions required by C and C++ programs. These include string manipulation, memory allocation, C-style input/output calls, etc. It is needed for programs which depend on a C programming language runtime. This includes Python for Windows and Python programs for it, the Java Virtual Machine 6 and Java programs written for it etc., or any program compiled with MSVC.



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