Needs Pictures: 0
Picture(s) thanks: 0
Results 1 to 8 of 8
Thread: Visual C++
-
12th October 2017, 06:55 PM #1
Visual C++
How many should I have on my computer
Visual C++.PNG
L to R: 2005, 2008, 2008, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2010The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
-
12th October 2017 06:55 PM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
- Join Date
- Always
- Location
- Advertising world
- Age
- 2010
- Posts
- Many
-
12th October 2017, 07:27 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
- Join Date
- Apr 2014
- Location
- Little River
- Age
- 78
- Posts
- 1,205
Same question. Can I delete the older versions?
-
12th October 2017, 08:30 PM #3SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Sep 2014
- Location
- Australia
- Posts
- 660
Not sure where those came from, but possibly VC++ runtime DLL's. Depends on the applications that use them, but you may need all of them. Its hard to tell just by looking at the picture of a bunch of icons.
-
12th October 2017, 08:39 PM #4
-
12th October 2017, 09:42 PM #5SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Sep 2014
- Location
- Australia
- Posts
- 660
Those a VC++ runtime installers or installations. Probably best to leave them alone unless you know what you are doing.
-
12th October 2017, 10:15 PM #6Member
- Join Date
- Sep 2014
- Location
- Marsfield
- Age
- 46
- Posts
- 53
Definitely this. As somebody who does know what he is doing (I'm a software developer - sorry I couldn't find the stuck up himself smarty-pants smiley) I'd leave them alone too. They are generally quite small (though that 2013 one seems a bit large), so leaving them is likely to cause fewer problems than removing them.
These provide the basic run-time facilities used by most programs. Things like opening files, managing memory, etc. Due to various (in)compatibility reasons, each version of Visual C++ gets its own copy of the run-time, so that any "improvements" don't cause older software to break.
Microsoft in their infinite wisdom have gone back on forth about where the run times should be installed. It started out as one copy for the whole system - but then you would end up breaking things when you updated. Then one copy for each application - but then you couldn't fix the inevitable security problems. I think they've finally settled on a single system managed version, but where the all the updates are kept around and managed a bit better to avoid breaking things as much as possible.
IainLast edited by nyamo_iaint; 12th October 2017 at 10:17 PM. Reason: Changed the censored term to something more acceptable to the forum's filters
-
12th October 2017, 10:48 PM #7
Thanks Iain, I wasn't sure what they did and it doesn't bother me but curiosity led me to ask the question. I am a firm believer in the principle that if it ain't broke, don't fix it and if you don't know what your doing, keep hands in pockets and mouth shut though i have often been accused of not doing the last a few times
The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
-
13th October 2017, 10:15 PM #8Member
- Join Date
- Sep 2014
- Location
- Marsfield
- Age
- 46
- Posts
- 53
No problem Ray.
Having gained so much information from the woodworkers, builders, electricians, etc over the last year I've been actively on here, it was nice to be able to contribute something for a change.
Iain
Similar Threads
-
Help with these Visual Flaws
By Tegmark in forum FINISHINGReplies: 9Last Post: 2nd August 2016, 06:43 PM -
Visual Impairment
By d_jon3s in forum WOODWORKERS WITH DISABILITIESReplies: 1Last Post: 25th January 2013, 12:10 AM -
Visual Calipers
By joe greiner in forum WOODTURNING - GENERALReplies: 13Last Post: 21st August 2009, 09:57 PM -
Visual pollution
By artme in forum NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WOODWORKReplies: 10Last Post: 27th March 2009, 08:20 PM