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How to Update Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable?
I have Avira and it tells me it needs to be updated but I can't figure
out how to do it. -- The Jack of Diamonds is hard The Jack of Diamonds is hard The Jack of Diamonds is hard but it's the only card... |
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How to Update Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable?
Jack of Diamonds wrote:
I have Avira and it tells me it needs to be updated but I can't figure out how to do it. Maybe like this ??? https://support.content.office.net/e...b22c8f1a6b.png ( https://support.office.com/en-us/art...e-1dd659cf5282 ) But if you turn that on, it could also update your Office executables. In previous times, I might have told you to scan with MBSA 2.3 to get a list of missing patches, but that's discontinued and not likely to work for Windows 10. Using MBSA 2.3, I was able to figure out I was missing *15* patches just for the free Microsoft Office Viewer applications! And that's the difference between Windows Update and Microsoft Update. The above tick box is the equivalent of enabling Microsoft Update (all products) in place of Windows Update (just OS updates). Paul |
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How to Update Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable?
"Jack of Diamonds" wrote
|I have Avira and it tells me it needs to be updated but I can't figure | out how to do it. There are numerous versions. They make a new one for each Visual Studio. And these days programs are often rigged to require a certain version. so you can end up with lots of VC++ runtimes installed side-by-side. Usually programs will try to get their own updates, or come with the required runtime. If not then you need to check what version it says it wants and then search for that download. If it's a case of a ptach for an existing version then you'll also need to find out what version it's talking about. |
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How to Update Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable?
Paul wrote:
Jack of Diamonds wrote: I have Avira and it tells me it needs to be updated but I can't figure out how to do it. Maybe like this ??? https://support.content.office.net/e...b22c8f1a6b.png ( https://support.office.com/en-us/art...e-1dd659cf5282 ) But if you turn that on, it could also update your Office executables. In previous times, I might have told you to scan with MBSA 2.3 to get a list of missing patches, but that's discontinued and not likely to work for Windows 10. Using MBSA 2.3, I was able to figure out I was missing *15* patches just for the free Microsoft Office Viewer applications! And that's the difference between Windows Update and Microsoft Update. The above tick box is the equivalent of enabling Microsoft Update (all products) in place of Windows Update (just OS updates). Â*Â* Paul It's already set to update Microsoft Products. Methinks Avira may be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time. Everything works just fine. |
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How to Update Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable?
Mayayana wrote:
"Jack of Diamonds" wrote |I have Avira and it tells me it needs to be updated but I can't figure | out how to do it. There are numerous versions. They make a new one for each Visual Studio. And these days programs are often rigged to require a certain version. so you can end up with lots of VC++ runtimes installed side-by-side. Usually programs will try to get their own updates, or come with the required runtime. If not then you need to check what version it says it wants and then search for that download. If it's a case of a ptach for an existing version then you'll also need to find out what version it's talking about. My Windows 10 was patching those at one time, because it got into a continuous loop doing it. It took Microsoft quite a while to suppress that loop. I don't recollect seeing any patches recently. You could use catalog.update.microsoft.com ... if you can think of the right search terms. You have to be pretty crafty at search, to get a focused result. If you're not careful, there could be a thousand irrelevant results in the search output. The process might start by you finding an entry in Windows Update History, and using the technical terms it has in the Title, as "meat" for the Catalog search. You can sort by date, enter the name of the OS, to pare down the results. Paul |
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How to Update Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable?
"Paul" wrote
| You could use catalog.update.microsoft.com ... if you | can think of the right search terms. You have to be | pretty crafty at search, to get a focused result. If | you're not careful, there could be a thousand irrelevant | results in the search output. | I find those updates are usually available online with no funny business. The security updates are another matter. I usually end up at a wacky page with obfuscated downloads that says I need IE and ActiveX. But so far I've managed to find all patches I've wanted, albeit with a little work. Usuaully there's someone, somewhere, with the real download link. Typically something like: http://download.windowsupdate.com/c/...software/updt/ followed by a date, KB number, and 30-odd random numbers. If Microsoft designed a fork I think it would have 357 tines going in all directions. Then the manual they didn't provide would cover 120 pages and explain the names, acronyms and purposes for the various tine combinations. And no one would use their fork, but it would be a damned clever piece of work. |
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