Visual C++ Redistributable Packages

[JohnBbDog]

i have a lot of C++ Redistributable Packages in my installed programs area, now the latest one is 2013, should i uninstall the rest and keep just C++ 2013 both 64 n 86, or keep them all?

now games that i play that use C++. do they use the latest C++ or the older ones??

 

[Ijack]

A program needs the version of the library that it was distributed with. So, unless you have subsequently uninstalled the programs that installed the different versions, you need them all. They take up very little disk space so I would leave well enough alone.

 

[JohnBbDog]

well i think your wrong there, because i uninstalled all but the most recent C++, and all my programs/ games run great.

 

[Ijack]

Whatever works for you. Here's hoping that, further down the line, you don't discover it was a mistake to save those few megabytes of disk space.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/247844/is_it_okay_to_uninstall_extra_versions_of_microsoft_visual_c_.html