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Why are there so many Microsoft Visual C++ distributions, and what do they do? Is is wise to remove them?
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These are run-time libraries used by lots of applications. While you could manually try to remove the older versions of the same revision of each, if you make a mistake, one or more of your apps will not longer work and you will have a hard time fixing that. I also have all these revisions, and an x86 and 864 version of each, but not as many as you do.
If this were mine, I would leave them alone. You'll benefit very little from the removal and risk trashing apps in the process.
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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These are run-time libraries used by lots of applications. While you could manually try to remove the older versions of the same revision of each, if you make a mistake, one or more of your apps will not longer work and you will have a hard time fixing that. I also have all these revisions, and an x86 and 864 version of each, but not as many as you do.
If this were mine, I would leave them alone. You'll benefit very little from the removal and risk trashing apps in the process.
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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