What you download there is a proper installer for the software that DLL is a part of.
And requires Administrator privileges to mess with your Windows directory. Copying MSVCxyz.dll into the game folder requires no elevated privileges and works just fine without any install.
Are you seriously shaming someone for advocating secure workspace? Was there a goal here, besides the attitude? Why the "all or nothing" mentality?
No offense, but you're not advocating about true security, just the false pretense of it.
Actually, no, I do not; precisely because games utilize DLLs of the validated software already installed in the system.
Literally NOT true. Reconquista for example uses dlls from the game directory, like zlib1.dll, websockets.dll, uv.dll, sqlite3.dll, mozjs-33.dll, glew32.dll etc., neither of these are "already installed" on your system, and neither of these are validated. They are all provided by some random dude who uploaded the game on the file share.
There is no need to "download DLLs" because the games already know where to look for them.
Tell that to the ppl who get "MSVCxyz.dll not found" errors. Should the uploader have not forgot to include MSVCxyz.dll next to zlib1.dll and the others, nobody would ever notice nor complain in this thread.
The irony of your statement being that PR is no exception: the reason the "standalone DLL" works is because the game fails to find the component in your OS and falls back to checking its own folder.
There's absolutely no irony here, this is how the WinNT dynamic linker works. That's exactly why I said you should copy the MSVCxyz.dll inside the game folder instead of messing up your system with an installer.
I am mystified as to why being informed offends you so much that you feel the need to be so mocking, not to mention disingenuous.
Again, no offense, but you're the one who is not informed enough on this topic. I really mean it when I say no offense intended, I did not mock you, not the slightest, I just pointed out your false pretense of security. Placing the a dll in the game's folder is MUCH more secure than running an installer with Administrator privileges that modifies your system. Period.
Otherwise everybody free to do as they please on their own computer.