Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015

Question

_{Tuesday, October 6, 2015 8:29 PM | 1 vote}

This is probably a stupid question, but when I attempt to download the 2015 redistributable, the file simply will not start to download. I am using microsoft's website, any ideas if it is a problem on my end and any possible solutions?

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_{Wednesday, October 7, 2015 9:44 AM ✅Answered}

Hi seee123,

Thank you for posting in MSDN forum.

In my opinion, the package download failure may be related to your network settings:

Please check if your local network environment settings are totally ok, make sure it doesn’t block the download page, such as the setting below .

Besides, Try to open the download link in another IE explorer to see if the package could run normally.

Here is Visual C++ official download link:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

Please check your firewall to make sure that it doesn’t block Microsoft site resource connection.

I suggest that you could manually download the Visual C++ Redistributable on a USB drive from other computer, copy it to your local hard drive, finally you could install it on the machine.

Best regards,

Wen Xu

_{Wednesday, February 3, 2016 1:40 AM}

Lets admit, It is clear 2015 Visual studio "Installation Design  Defect".

Don't try to fix it (you make things worse, you will come to Windows re-install that only to help you ((: ):

1. Don't delete all files in any 2015 visual studio directories.
2. Don't clean up 2015 visual studio windows registry.

Defect description:

Visual studio installer, decided without any warning notice, not to install some packages.

Just for example "Visual c# 2015 Compiler could not be created"

Visual Installer just simply doesn't install into "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\ the package "vs_RoslynLanguageServices". The reason for example it was installed somewhere, just in another place by product "X".

So by "devenv.config.exe" VS2015 will expect it to load from "PrivateAssemblies", but it was not setup there in first place. Just the similar picture for other packages, that unlikely in not part of GAC.

So remedy is simple:

1.From Visual studio logs detects what was skipped. Search all VS installation logs in "temp" by key phrase

"has been added to the No operation list"

2. Copy paste the list of skipped packages include GUID.

3.Manualy uninstall them from win registry: Windows\Installer\..Products\ (there is also msi.exe  install cmd lines, or just delete registry records if you know how)

4.Run repair VS them again. If still there are missing in packages  Check 1 and repeat 2-4.

I think IDE Team should create installation validator, that helps to check these simple things.

Just silly simple defect.

_{Saturday, June 3, 2017 6:36 PM}

I try to download it but it says "We're sorry, this download is no longer available." Is there a direct link I can use?