UPDATE: Since R2017a, MATLAB no longer ships the Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) Redistributable 2005 and 2008 installers, nor does MATLAB depend on any libraries from these older redistributions.
Since R2017a, we have been including the necessary DLLs as derivatives of the official MSVC Redistributable libraries directly with MATLAB. These derivatives reference MSVC Redistributable 2010 or newer.
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MATLAB (version R2016b and prior) is dependent on two Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable libraries: 2005 and 2008. These libraries have been released in multiple versions, and are formatted based on the bitness of your Operating System.
Should you want to pre-install or re-install them, the MATLAB-specific versions are located within your MATLAB installation directory and are available within your MATLAB installation media.
The 2005 redistributable is located in $MATLAB/bin/win<32|64>/, and is named vcredist_x<86|64>.exe. In this case, $MATLAB is the root of your MATLAB installation directory or installation media, and the <XX|XX> value will be one of the two bracketed numbers.
The 2008 redistributable is located in $MATLAB/bin/win<32|64>/vc90/, and is also named vcredist_x<86|64>.exe. Just like the 2005 version, $MATLAB is the root of your MATLAB installation directory or installation media, and the <XX|XX> value will only be one of the two bracketed numbers.
If you are unable to locate these files or run into any issues during the installation, please contact MathWorks Support through the following URL:
