Error: A newer version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable has been detected on the machine

Question

When I try to run the VS 2010 redistributable \"vcredist_x86.exe\", an error \"A newer version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable has been detected on the machine\" oc

Answer 1

Redistributable packages are only required on machines that don't have VS2010 installed to provide the required runtimes. If you check the Microsoft download page for example:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=5555

The opening paragraph is:

The Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package installs runtime components of Visual C++ Libraries required to run applications developed with Visual C++ on a computer that does not have Visual C++ 2010 installed.

You should only need to install the redistributable on machines that you deploy your application to. The newer version is probably that Windows Update has updated to a later version than is currently downloadable in the standalone version, but in general it shouldn't pose you any problems.