Jeez, it turns out that now, for version <yt-dlp_x86_winXP_2025.12.06> to work, you need this “junk” — <Microsoft Visual C++ 2019>, which has to be placed in the same folder!
Since I have no intention of polluting my system with that crap, I just copied all the missing files directly into the folder with <yt-dlp_x86_winXP.exe>
But here’s another question: why did version <yt-dlp_x86_winXP_2025.11.25> work perfectly fine without those extra DLLs?
After all, those files are already embedded inside <yt-dlp_x86_winXP.exe>, and when unpacked, everything gets extracted into the TEMP folder anyway!
So what’s the point of this “duplication” now?