Buggy MSVCRT 11 runtime files

[kink]

Hi,

the Visual C++ 2012 runtime files bundled with InstallAware 16 are incorrect - firstly, they require MSI 4.5 while the original ones from Microsoft require 3.1, and more importantly, they cannot be installed on Windows versions < Vista SP2, while the original ones can be installed on WinXP without problems... I had to manually extract the original MSIs and modify the corresponding setup*.mia scripts to get this to work, quite frustrating.
Additionally, the corresponding check*.mia scripts search for the DLLs in the WinSxS directory too. This recursive search (slow, especially on virtual machines) is in vain, as Microsoft's C++ runtimes >= 2010 are installed directly to the System32 directory...

Regards,
Martin

[FrancescoT]

Dear Martin,

Let me verify it.

Regards

[FrancescoT]

Dear Martin,

I'll log a note to our dev team in order to have included with IA the most recent version of the VC++ 11 runtimes available.

Anyway, due the the large number of runtime packages that IA includes, it is not possible to keep them precisely updated with any possible version the vendor may release.

However, with IA it is always possible to modify the source runtime script if a new package version comes available.

Regards

[mihai]

Hi Martin,

Martin> the Visual C++ 2012 runtime files bundled with InstallAware 16 are incorrect - firstly, they require MSI 4.5 while the original ones from Microsoft require 3.1

Where have you grabbed the originals from? I'm looking around for the same solution.

To my understanding, the vc_runtimeMinimum_x86.msi & vc_runtimeAdditional_x86.msi packages are part of the Visual Studio 2012 installer, that has Win7 as the minimum requirement. Still, the standalone vcredist_x86.exe requires XP as the minimum.

Thanks,
-Mihai

[FrancescoT]

Dear Mihai,

those runtimes are generally available and distributed as separate packages.

Just do a search on the MSDN download site.

Regards

[mihai]

Hi Francesco,

FrancescoT> those runtimes are generally available and distributed as separate packages. Just do a search on the MSDN download site.

The vc_runtimeMinimum_x86.msi & vc_runtimeAdditional_x86.msi files? I can't find these to download there, or anywhere for that matter. Also, my question is really about the location of the MSI 3.x compatible versions, if such versions truly exist.

Thanks,
-Mihai

[FrancescoT]

Dear Mihai,

honestly I don't know. We only use the MSDN dowload for any runtime package that we possibly need.

I may suggest to contact Microsoft directly.

Regards

[mihai]

Hi Francesco,

Actually, I see that the MSIs can be extracted from the redist EXE, that is of course available for download. And these MSIs are 3.1 compatible, so that's most probably what Martin was referring to.

Thanks,
-Mihai

[FrancescoT]

Dear Mihai,

Yes, you are probably right ... I forgot the possibility to extract the MSI installer from the EXE distributed by Microsoft.

Thanks.

Regards