Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Redist x64

[Guest Carlos]

"The Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Redistributable Package (x64)

installs runtime components of Visual C++ Libraries required to run 64-bit

applications developed with Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack on a computer that

does not have Visual C++ 2008 installed.

 

This package installs runtime components of C Runtime (CRT), Standard C++,

ATL, MFC, OpenMP and MSDIA libraries. For libraries that support side-by-side

deployment model (CRT, SCL, ATL, MFC, OpenMP) they are installed into the

native assembly cache, also called WinSxS folder, on versions of Windows

operating system that support side-by-side assemblies."

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7b50fddf-4798-4fce-8a8b-a8dfe556c8e4&DisplayLang=en

 

And here's the x86 version that coexist with the x64 version in Vista x64:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D5692CE4-ADAD-4000-ABFE-64628A267EF0&displaylang=en

 

Not an imperative update. Doesn't do any harm to install it.

As I have already mentioned before I have stumbled a couple of times with

applications that needed these dll's that were not included in their

installation packages (ffdshow, RivaTuner, to mention a few).

Carlos

[Guest Tony Sperling]

Re: Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Redist x64

 

Thanks, Carlos!

 

Makes me wonder when they will be releasing a 64bit 'Rat Pack Feature'?

 

 

Tony. . .

 

 

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:4CD43B33-7693-484D-83B1-38D1655496A8@microsoft.com...

> "The Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Redistributable Package (x64)

> installs runtime components of Visual C++ Libraries required to run 64-bit

> applications developed with Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack on a computer

that

> does not have Visual C++ 2008 installed.

>

> This package installs runtime components of C Runtime (CRT), Standard C++,

> ATL, MFC, OpenMP and MSDIA libraries. For libraries that support

side-by-side

> deployment model (CRT, SCL, ATL, MFC, OpenMP) they are installed into the

> native assembly cache, also called WinSxS folder, on versions of Windows

> operating system that support side-by-side assemblies."

>

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7b50fddf-4798-4fce-8a8b-a8dfe556c8e4&DisplayLang=en

>

> And here's the x86 version that coexist with the x64 version in Vista x64:

>

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=D5692CE4-ADAD-4000-ABFE-64628A267EF0&displaylang=en

>

> Not an imperative update. Doesn't do any harm to install it.

> As I have already mentioned before I have stumbled a couple of times with

> applications that needed these dll's that were not included in their

> installation packages (ffdshow, RivaTuner, to mention a few).

> Carlos

[Guest Homer J. Simpson]

Re: Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Redist x64

 

> Not an imperative update. Doesn't do any harm to install it.

> As I have already mentioned before I have stumbled a couple of times with

> applications that needed these dll's that were not included in their

> installation packages (ffdshow, RivaTuner, to mention a few).

 

Those writing applications that require them should know better than not

redistributing files they have dependancies on.

 

OTOH, getting those from MS would probably be useful in some environment

where you want to preload machines with a specific image.