Direct download..As in using the zip..I'm unfamiliar with the itch.io client at this time.Also downloaded that redistributable once i saw the link..Did'nt help.
Oh, interesting terribly sorry but looking at the DLL that comes from 2015. https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=48145 this confuses me because I've not been on 2015 for some time. Never the less that should work this time. 🤞