Windows has dll hell… so basically, to ge around this, some tools statically link by default. It’s not an ideal solution, but it works most of the time… and regarding how unmainatained a Windows install might be (old installs, like Win7) or how badly updated/upgraded it might be (newer installs, Win10 and 11), I guess it is the only choice you actually have to make your app run on as many Windows systems as possible.
Windows has dll hell… so basically, to ge around this, some tools statically link by default. It’s not an ideal solution, but it works most of the time… and regarding how unmainatained a Windows install might be (old installs, like Win7) or how badly updated/upgraded it might be (newer installs, Win10 and 11), I guess it is the only choice you actually have to make your app run on as many Windows systems as possible.