No – the “d” stands for debug version, which is not redistributable. You must install Visual Studio on the target machine.
No. The EXE installs the full redistributable; the MSI is a subset (minimum). vc runtime minimum x64.msi download
vc_redist.x64.exe /quiet /layout "C:\ExtractedRedist" Then browse to C:\ExtractedRedist → find the MSI file(s) inside a nested \packages folder. No – the “d” stands for debug version,