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Microsoft C++ redistributable, is it Vital?
Hello, several programs on my pc do not run, I've along with some other people have suspected C++ redistributable to be the problem. I've updated and installed up to 2010 redistributable, but still no luck. Today, I've gone into "Add or Remove Programs" and I've started to remove some of the C++ redistributable, but I have a question. Will my pc crash once I remove ALL versions of C++ redistributable from my pc? (If I do remove, I mean remove anything on the list that includes the words "Microsoft" and "C++" together, such as "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, 2008 etc", "Visual C++ 9.0 or Visual C++ 2008 x86 Run time) Thanks Posted at http://microsofthelpforums.com |
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Microsoft C++ redistributable, is it Vital?
I've found that during the installation of some programs they install their
own version of Visual C++ but when you look at Add or Remove Programs there is no indication as to what program may have installed that Visual C++ you see listed. So, if you uninstall all you may inadvertently render some/many programs inoperative. So, be aware of this happening when/if you do the uninstals. "animestan" wrote in message ... Hello, several programs on my pc do not run, I've along with some other people have suspected C++ redistributable to be the problem. I've updated and installed up to 2010 redistributable, but still no luck. Today, I've gone into "Add or Remove Programs" and I've started to remove some of the C++ redistributable, but I have a question. Will my pc crash once I remove ALL versions of C++ redistributable from my pc? (If I do remove, I mean remove anything on the list that includes the words "Microsoft" and "C++" together, such as "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, 2008 etc", "Visual C++ 9.0 or Visual C++ 2008 x86 Run time) Thanks Posted at http://microsofthelpforums.com |
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Microsoft C++ redistributable, is it Vital?
I've found that during the installation of some programs they install their
own version of Visual C++ but when you look at Add or Remove Programs there is no indication as to what program may have installed that Visual C++ you see listed. So, if you uninstall all you may inadvertently render some/many programs inoperative. So, be aware of this happening when/if you do the uninstals. "animestan" wrote in message ... Hello, several programs on my pc do not run, I've along with some other people have suspected C++ redistributable to be the problem. I've updated and installed up to 2010 redistributable, but still no luck. Today, I've gone into "Add or Remove Programs" and I've started to remove some of the C++ redistributable, but I have a question. Will my pc crash once I remove ALL versions of C++ redistributable from my pc? (If I do remove, I mean remove anything on the list that includes the words "Microsoft" and "C++" together, such as "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, 2008 etc", "Visual C++ 9.0 or Visual C++ 2008 x86 Run time) Thanks Posted at http://microsofthelpforums.com |
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Microsoft C++ redistributable, is it Vital?
Your "Add or Remove Programs" list may LOOK a little over-populated by many
previous versions of Microsoft C++ But the more likely situation is that they only remain as entries. Once an upgraded version of a program (especially Microsoft ones) is installed they usually automatically erase or overwrite the older files. So if it's disk space you are worried about - it's only the latest version that's important. The rest are [probably] just entries with no real file-size behind them. However, if you start to try to uninstall previous versions - it just may render the latest version inoperable, as I said - the newer version often overwrites files with the same name - so uninstalling an earlier version *may* erase some files of the same name as belong to the newer version. Once you do start down that road, I would "go for it" and remove ALL versions of Microsoft C++ - THEN re-install *just* the latest version [2010] : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "animestan" wrote in message ... Hello, several programs on my pc do not run, I've along with some other people have suspected C++ redistributable to be the problem. I've updated and installed up to 2010 redistributable, but still no luck. Today, I've gone into "Add or Remove Programs" and I've started to remove some of the C++ redistributable, but I have a question. Will my pc crash once I remove ALL versions of C++ redistributable from my pc? (If I do remove, I mean remove anything on the list that includes the words "Microsoft" and "C++" together, such as "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, 2008 etc", "Visual C++ 9.0 or Visual C++ 2008 x86 Run time) Thanks Posted at http://microsofthelpforums.com |
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Microsoft C++ redistributable, is it Vital?
Your "Add or Remove Programs" list may LOOK a little over-populated by many
previous versions of Microsoft C++ But the more likely situation is that they only remain as entries. Once an upgraded version of a program (especially Microsoft ones) is installed they usually automatically erase or overwrite the older files. So if it's disk space you are worried about - it's only the latest version that's important. The rest are [probably] just entries with no real file-size behind them. However, if you start to try to uninstall previous versions - it just may render the latest version inoperable, as I said - the newer version often overwrites files with the same name - so uninstalling an earlier version *may* erase some files of the same name as belong to the newer version. Once you do start down that road, I would "go for it" and remove ALL versions of Microsoft C++ - THEN re-install *just* the latest version [2010] : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "animestan" wrote in message ... Hello, several programs on my pc do not run, I've along with some other people have suspected C++ redistributable to be the problem. I've updated and installed up to 2010 redistributable, but still no luck. Today, I've gone into "Add or Remove Programs" and I've started to remove some of the C++ redistributable, but I have a question. Will my pc crash once I remove ALL versions of C++ redistributable from my pc? (If I do remove, I mean remove anything on the list that includes the words "Microsoft" and "C++" together, such as "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, 2008 etc", "Visual C++ 9.0 or Visual C++ 2008 x86 Run time) Thanks Posted at http://microsofthelpforums.com |
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