Visual Studio 2005 (VC8) runtime

[Gareth Owen]

I don't suppose that anyone has a plugin to check/install the Common Runtime Library for VS2005 (VC8)

I was looking for an equivalent to the current Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime 6.0

[CandiceJones]

Hi Gareth!

It seems Microsoft released merge modules only for these recent runtimes. You may download them and include them in your projects directly...or you may create seperate InstallAware installers, just for the merge modules, which you download and run using web media blocks only if needed (remember to use light mode builds for the nested InstallAware installers, so you're not duplicating any overhead - see the help for the Run Light Mode Setup command for details on this).

[CandiceJones]

Ah, digging a little deeper, it does seem that Microsoft has already provided self-running MSI based installers for these! So there is no need for you to manually merge the MSMs with an InstallAware setup.

See, here, for example:

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C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\\SDK\\v2.0\\BootStrapper\\Packages\\vcredist_x86

I am chatting with the development team now to see if we can create an automatic update package for these items! The new Application Runtimes view is third-party extensible, they should be able to put something together fairly easily.

[Gareth Owen]

That would be great, we have to have these in as prereqs, as our serial number validation requires them.

Is it possible to install a merge module as a prereq?

[MichaelNesmith]

No, merge modules are always installed along with the main setup.

If this is urgent, feel free to use the file vcredist_x86.exe to install this runtime. Be sure to pre-process the file using the Setup Decompressor, so InstallAware can save you up to 50% (or more) on the size of that file.

I am also told that the update pack for this will be available soon.