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    C++ Redistributable Packages

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by joehempel, Sep 3, 2011.

  1. joehempel

    joehempel Notebook Consultant

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    Just wondering if I can un-install all the C++ Redistributable Packages except for the one that's the most up-to-date.

    My Add/Remove Software list is just a mess LOL.
     
    joehempel, Sep 3, 2011
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    I would recommend just removing everything and re-installing new with the latest version

    cheers...
     
    qhn, Sep 3, 2011
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  3. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    you can remove them, but expect apps to not like it. they might rely on that older version. they're not cumulative, each one exists on it's own. sometimes, app need a specific one to work properly.
     
    davepermen, Sep 3, 2011
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  4. joehempel

    joehempel Notebook Consultant

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    Okay. I'll leave them. Thanks. I was hoping it was cumulative.
     
    joehempel, Sep 3, 2011
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    chimpanzee Notebook Virtuoso

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    functionality they may be cumulative but the name of the DLL is kind of embedded in the caller application so removing the package(thus the DLL like vcrt900.dll) would make apps that compiled and linked against that to be not working.
     
    chimpanzee, Sep 3, 2011
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