How to generate statically linked executables?

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Since Rust 1.19, you can statically link the C runtime (CRT) to avoid this very common situation on Windows:

The program can’t start because VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing from your
computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

Add this to your .cargo/config file, using the appropriate target triple for your platform:

[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]

An alternative to editing .cargo/config is to pass -C target-feature=+crt-static to rustc by hand.

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