Microsoft Visual C++

CosminGCole · 6 Nov 2014 at 21:57

This might sound a little bit silly but I honestly have no idea if it's good or bad.

You know, almost everytime you install a game it asks you to install the Microsoft Visual but do you actually have to go ahead and do that for all of them when they ask you to ?

Is it normal to have so many of them installed or I'm just doing everything wrong here

meandu229 · 6 Nov 2014 at 22:02

Yes thats normal.

#Chri5# · 6 Nov 2014 at 22:04

What's more annoying is the host of temporary files the VC++ redist installer scatters in the root of drives and don't clear up. Shoddy.

CosminGCole · 6 Nov 2014 at 22:53

Alrightty then

thanks for confirming guys

Just making sure haha.

Vimes · 7 Nov 2014 at 02:23

OP "so many" pfft...

I seem to be collecting them.!

Rroff · 7 Nov 2014 at 02:27

Install an entire development eco system :S I've got like 50 different SQL Server entries as well as the runtimes and redistributables like vimes :|

CosminGCole · 7 Nov 2014 at 02:54

Vimes said:
OP "so many" pfft...

I seem to be collecting them.!

Holly molly dude ! Well I shouldn't even be talking about it in that case hahaha.

jsmoke · 8 Nov 2014 at 06:16

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jsmoke · 8 Nov 2014 at 06:17

Same idea as .NET framework/runtimes, it depends on the version of Microsoft Visual studio the game was developed on, every year a new version of Visual Studio comes out thus you need to install a new/updated runtimes to run your game/app.

Runtimes are basically dlls full of functions loaded at 'runtime' for your game/app.