Answer by BCran for Detect if Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 is installed

Since Visual Studio 2010 and later stopped using WinSxS, it may be enough to just check for %windir%\system32\msvcr110.dll. If you want to verify you have a new enough version, you can check whether the file version is 11.0.50727.1 (VS2012 RTM) or 11.0.51106.1 (VS2012 Update 1).