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Redo: Do I have Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Overloa

Jan 13, 2012 11:26AM PST

While trying to decrapify my Win 7 computer, I found 7 different instances of Microsoft Visual C++ 20xx Redistributable:
2005, 2005 KB2467175; 2008 x86 9.0.30729, .17, .4148 & .6161; 2010 x86 10.0.30319
Do I need all these? If not, which can I delete?
And what do I have to do to get rid of the font info?
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Jan 14, 2012 5:18AM PST

Since some functions exist in one version but not another you see this happen.

Same thing happens to .NET 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and that's not including service packs!
Bob

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Without knowing EVERY APPLICATION ...
Jan 14, 2012 9:24AM PST

you have installed there is no way to actually KNOW which you NEED and which you don't. many times a patch is released more than a few times because AFTER a release another problem might be found and the new patch might replace a previous file or it might only alter other files using the library.

You could always take the time to READ the knowledge base article referencing each patch.

Quickest and easiest is to simply not worry about the little space they take up on the hard drive.