diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2025-09-15-15-34-29.gh-issue-138896.lkiF_7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2025-09-15-15-34-29.gh-issue-138896.lkiF_7.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..018bf20aeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2025-09-15-15-34-29.gh-issue-138896.lkiF_7.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix error installing C runtime on non-updated Windows machines
diff --git a/Tools/msi/bundle/bundle.wxs b/Tools/msi/bundle/bundle.wxs
index abfeb88784..3fcb00553f 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/bundle/bundle.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/bundle/bundle.wxs
@@ -106,11 +106,11 @@
     <Variable Name="SimpleInstallDescription" Value="" bal:Overridable="yes" />
 
     <Chain ParallelCache="yes">
+      <PackageGroupRef Id="core" />
+      <PackageGroupRef Id="exe" />
       <?if $(var.Platform)!="ARM64" ?>
       <PackageGroupRef Id="crt" />
       <?endif ?>
-      <PackageGroupRef Id="core" />
-      <PackageGroupRef Id="exe" />
       <PackageGroupRef Id="dev" />
       <PackageGroupRef Id="lib" />
       <?if $(var.IncludeFreethreaded)~="true" ?>