Vulkan Runtime Libraries 1.0.39.1 Site

—This function is critical for Vulkan applications to detect and enumerate the graphics hardware available on the system.

Vulkan 1.0 was officially released in February 2016. Version 1.0.39.1 represents a relatively early point in Vulkan's lifecycle—around the one-year anniversary of the initial release. Vulkan Runtime Libraries 1.0.39.1

If you remove it, your games might stop working. Some games will not open at all. Others will run very slowly. It takes up very little space on your hard drive. Leaving it alone is the best choice. —This function is critical for Vulkan applications to

Extremely rare. Usually a misbehaving game or a buggy validation layer enabled accidentally. If you remove it, your games might stop working

If you have already accidentally uninstalled it, you can easily restore the files by downloading the latest driver package directly from the and performing a clean installation.