Make EXE Standalone (VS 2017)

[PresFox]

Hello,

I am trying to make my EXE standalone, so not requiring VC REdist. Also, i want it to work on Win7-8-10.

I tried the steps in this page:
https://www.codeproject.com/Tips/851725/Visual-Cplusplus-How-to-Create-Standalone-Win-Appl

Configuration is set to /MT
MFC libraties are set to STATIC

but my exe still has a ton of dependencies, wich seem to be mostly windows API files? What can i do more to make this program standalone?

https://imgur.com/a/Hyock5u

For dependency walker screenshot

[freddie1]

The /MT switch causes static linkage with the C Runtime, so you're good there. The /MD switch is where you'll need the redistributable.

In terms of Windows API Libraries, every Windows installation has them all, so you don't need to worry about them - they'll be dynamically loaded. So what's the problem????

[E0p9LyTq]

Stop using the badly out-dated Dependency Walker, it can't understand the modern method(s) for reporting system DLL dependencies.

Use the newer Dependencies (v 1.7) available on Github.
https://github.com/lucasg/Dependencies