When MATLAB shows side-by-side configuration errors

I recently tried to run a MATLAB compiled program that produced errors about the side-by-side configuration being incorrect. This was on an essentially fresh Windows 10 virtual machine, so there shouldn't have been too much junk interfering with anything. Some searching revealed that, apparently, a Visual C++ Redistributable update needs to be installed to correct the problem. The version installed needs to be of the right bitness for the application. The MATLAB program I had downloaded was ostensibly 64-bit, but seemed to have 32-bit components that required the 32-bit version of the Redistributable.