diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ad77d282b..29963d00a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ jobs:
             qt_arch: ""
             qt_version: "6.7.2"
             qt_modules: "qt5compat qtimageformats qtnetworkauth"
+            nscurl_tag: "v24.9.26.122"
+            nscurl_sha256: "AEE6C4BE3CB6455858E9C1EE4B3AFE0DB9960FA03FE99CCDEDC28390D57CCBB0"
 
           - os: windows-2022
             name: "Windows-MSVC-arm64"
@@ -95,6 +97,8 @@ jobs:
             qt_arch: "win64_msvc2019_arm64"
             qt_version: "6.7.2"
             qt_modules: "qt5compat qtimageformats qtnetworkauth"
+            nscurl_tag: "v24.9.26.122"
+            nscurl_sha256: "AEE6C4BE3CB6455858E9C1EE4B3AFE0DB9960FA03FE99CCDEDC28390D57CCBB0"
 
           - os: macos-14
             name: macOS
@@ -474,6 +478,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Package (Windows, installer)
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
         run: |
+          if ('${{ matrix.nscurl_tag }}') {
+            New-Item -Name NSISPlugins -ItemType Directory
+            Invoke-Webrequest https://github.com/negrutiu/nsis-nscurl/releases/download/${{ matrix.nscurl_tag }}/NScurl.zip -OutFile NSISPlugins\NScurl.zip
+            $nscurl_hash = Get-FileHash NSISPlugins\NScurl.zip -Algorithm Sha256 | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Hash
+            if ( $nscurl_hash -ne "${{ matrix.nscurl_sha256 }}") {
+              echo "::error:: NSCurl.zip sha256 mismatch"
+              exit 1
+            }
+            Expand-Archive -Path NSISPlugins\NScurl.zip -DestinationPath NSISPlugins\NScurl
+          }
           cd ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}
           makensis -NOCD "${{ github.workspace }}/${{ env.BUILD_DIR }}/program_info/win_install.nsi"
 
diff --git a/program_info/CMakeLists.txt b/program_info/CMakeLists.txt
index 91b213274..ee2e336b1 100644
--- a/program_info/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/program_info/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,31 @@ configure_file(org.prismlauncher.PrismLauncher.metainfo.xml.in org.prismlauncher
 configure_file(prismlauncher.rc.in prismlauncher.rc @ONLY)
 configure_file(prismlauncher.manifest.in prismlauncher.manifest @ONLY)
 configure_file(prismlauncher.ico prismlauncher.ico COPYONLY)
+
+if(MSVC)
+    set(Launcher_MSVC_Redist_NSIS_Section [=[
+!ifdef haveNScurl
+Section "Visual Studio Runtime"
+    Var /GLOBAL vc_redist_exe
+    ${If} ${IsNativeARM64}
+        StrCpy $vc_redist_exe "vc_redist.arm64.exe"
+    ${Else}
+        StrCpy $vc_redist_exe "vc_redist.x64.exe"
+    ${EndIf}
+    DetailPrint 'Downloading Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable...'
+    NScurl::http GET "https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/$vc_redist_exe" "$INSTDIR\vc_redist\$vc_redist_exe" /INSIST /CANCEL /Zone.Identifier /END
+    Pop $0
+    ${If} $0 == "OK"
+        DetailPrint "Download successful"
+        ExecWait "$INSTDIR\vc_redist\$vc_redist_exe /install /passive /norestart\"
+    ${Else}
+        DetailPrint "Download failed with error $0"
+    ${EndIf}
+SectionEnd
+!endif
+]=])
+endif()
+
 configure_file(win_install.nsi.in win_install.nsi @ONLY)
 
 if(SCDOC_FOUND)
diff --git a/program_info/win_install.nsi.in b/program_info/win_install.nsi.in
index cc56b9bd5..24f6ee4e8 100644
--- a/program_info/win_install.nsi.in
+++ b/program_info/win_install.nsi.in
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 !include "LogicLib.nsh"
 !include "MUI2.nsh"
 
+!include "x64.nsh"
+
 Unicode true
 
 Name "@Launcher_DisplayName@"
@@ -112,6 +114,16 @@ VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "LegalCopyright" "@Launcher_Copyright@"
 VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "FileVersion" "@Launcher_VERSION_NAME4@"
 VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "ProductVersion" "@Launcher_VERSION_NAME4@"
 
+;--------------------------------
+; Conditional comp with file exist
+
+!macro CompileTimeIfFileExist path define
+!tempfile tmpinc
+!system 'IF EXIST "${path}" echo !define ${define} > "${tmpinc}"'
+!include "${tmpinc}"
+!delfile "${tmpinc}"
+!undef tmpinc
+!macroend
 
 ;--------------------------------
 ; Shell Associate Macros
@@ -175,7 +187,7 @@ VIAddVersionKey /LANG=${LANG_ENGLISH} "ProductVersion" "@Launcher_VERSION_NAME4@
 
 !macroend
 
-!macro APP_UNASSOCIATE EXT APP_ID
+!macro APP_UNASSOCIATE EXT APP_ID APP_EXE
 
   # Unregister file type
   ClearErrors
@@ -336,6 +348,19 @@ Section "" UninstallPrevious
 
 SectionEnd
 
+;------------------------------------
+; include nice plugins
+
+; NScurl - curl in NSIS
+; used for MSVS redist download
+; extract to ../NSISPlugins/NScurl
+; https://github.com/negrutiu/nsis-nscurl/releases/latest/download/NScurl.zip
+!insertmacro CompileTimeIfFileExist "../NSISPlugins/NScurl/Plugins/" haveNScurl
+!ifdef haveNScurl
+!AddPluginDir /x86-unicode     "../NSISPlugins/NScurl/Plugins/x86-unicode"
+!AddPluginDir /x86-ansi        "../NSISPlugins/NScurl/Plugins/x86-ansi"
+!AddPluginDir /amd64-unicode   "../NSISPlugins/NScurl/Plugins/amd64-unicode"
+!endif
 
 ;------------------------------------
 
@@ -396,6 +421,8 @@ Section "@Launcher_DisplayName@"
 
 SectionEnd
 
+@Launcher_MSVC_Redist_NSIS_Section@
+
 Section "Start Menu Shortcut" SM_SHORTCUTS
 
   CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\@Launcher_DisplayName@.lnk" "$INSTDIR\@Launcher_APP_BINARY_NAME@.exe" "" "$INSTDIR\@Launcher_APP_BINARY_NAME@.exe" 0
@@ -464,8 +491,8 @@ Section -un.ShellAssoc
   
   !insertmacro APP_TEARDOWN_DEFAULT `${APPID}` `${APPNAME}` `${APPEXE}`
 
-  !insertmacro APP_UNASSOCIATE ".zip" `${APPID}`
-  !insertmacro APP_UNASSOCIATE ".mrpack" `${APPID}`
+  !insertmacro APP_UNASSOCIATE ".zip" `${APPID}` `${APPEXE}`
+  !insertmacro APP_UNASSOCIATE ".mrpack" `${APPID}` `${APPEXE}`
 
   !insertmacro NotifyShell_AssocChanged
 SectionEnd