From a3f202f3677c8b5d13f45d0fb2b408ec1175fa89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikhail Alabugin <137305666+1t1sCooL@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:11:46 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: fix dead Visual C++ Redistributable link in README

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 README.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8826d4e0..b54a227d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ scoop install bat
 
 You can download prebuilt binaries from the [Release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases),
 
-You will need to install the [Visual C++ Redistributable](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads) package.
+You will need to install the [Visual C++ Redistributable](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist) package.
 
 ### From binaries
 
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ Example configuration file:
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-You will need to install the [Visual C++ Redistributable](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads) package.
+You will need to install the [Visual C++ Redistributable](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist) package.
 
 ### Paging
 

From ea3909bbdf7e0f574e1ab9ce4670f1583f252ed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikhail Alabugin <137305666+1t1sCooL@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 11:10:47 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add changelog entry

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 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac77a75a..bbc0a086 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 ## Other
 
+- Fix dead Visual C++ Redistributable link in README, see #3895 (@1t1sCooL)
 - Update Cargo dependencies to resolve current RustSec advisories, see #3861 (@TyceHerrman)
 - Add instructions for removing fish help abbreviations to README, see #3655 (@claw-explorer). Closes #3536
 - Add .NET slnx extension, see #3682 (@ltrzesniewski)