When are VC runtime needed? Is an installer needed?

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I have an app I built with VS2017 using C# for my personal use. It runs fine on my win10 desktop that has VS2017 and if I copy the .exe to my surface pro 4 it also runs fine. I want to share this app with some friends. I built it for "any pc" and have a 32 and 64 bit "release" apps and I uploaded them to my personal webpage on GoDaddy..

Do apps built with VS2017 community need to have VC runtimes to work? If they do is there a way to build them in? All the systems I have tested it on already have VC runtimes.

Are installer packages even needed for C# apps built with VS2017? When I retired my company was using Installshield and I recall a free one came with the earlier VC compilers. I do not see that tool or anything like it in VS2017. Maybe I should be using a newer version of VS?

When downloading my .exe app from my website I get a lot of scary warnings. I found I can reduce the number of warning by compressing the .exe to .zip or .7z. Can an installer package be used so there is only one warning such is typically seen on just about any site (amd, nvidia, gpuz, How is it if I download my .zip from my webpage I get all type or warnings but if I download a .zip (or whatever) from Microsoft, amd,etc only think I have to answer is whether to save or open it?

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