windows.iso supports the following 64-bit Windows versions – Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and later.

The Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package is a prerequisite for installing VMware Tools 13.0.10.0 for Windows and ships with the VMware Tools 13.0.10.0 download package. While preparing a Windows guest for installation, VMware Tools runs the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package installer, which checks for a more recent version in the guest. If the guest already has a more recent version, the package does not install.

For a 64-bit Windows guest, the prerequisite versions are Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) version 14.40.33816 and Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) version 14.40.33816.