VC++ 2008 redistributables

[Norman Diamond]

I'm not sure if the following files were created by installing Visual Studio
2008 or the SDK for Server 2008 and DotNet 3.5 into Vista.

The files are in the root directory of the D: drive in Vista. This is the
same partition which was the C: drive in XP, containing NTLDR and Vista's
boot loader and an XP installation, but not containing the Vista
installation.

(Vista assigns drive letter C: to the partition containing the Vista
installation. That is the same partition which was the D: drive in XP.
That partition does not contain the following files that were created by
installing Visual Studio 2008 or the SDK for Server 2008 and DotNet 3.5 into
Vista.)

Anyway, can I treat D:\ like a temp folder? If I see files there which I
don't know why they're there, can I delete them?

2007/11/07 08:00 17,734 eula.1028.txt
2007/11/07 08:00 17,734 eula.1031.txt
2007/11/07 08:00 10,134 eula.1033.txt
2007/11/07 08:00 17,734 eula.1036.txt
2007/11/07 08:00 17,734 eula.1040.txt
2007/11/07 08:00 118 eula.1041.txt
2007/11/07 08:00 17,734 eula.1042.txt
2007/11/07 08:00 17,734 eula.2052.txt
2007/11/07 08:00 17,734 eula.3082.txt
2007/11/07 08:00 1,110 globdata.ini
2007/11/07 08:44 855,040 install.exe
2007/11/07 08:00 843 install.ini
2007/11/07 08:44 75,280 install.res.1028.dll
2007/11/07 08:44 95,248 install.res.1031.dll
2007/11/07 08:44 90,128 install.res.1033.dll
2007/11/07 08:44 96,272 install.res.1036.dll
2007/11/07 08:44 94,224 install.res.1040.dll
2007/11/07 08:44 80,400 install.res.1041.dll
2007/11/07 08:44 78,864 install.res.1042.dll
2007/11/07 08:44 74,768 install.res.2052.dll
2007/11/07 08:44 95,248 install.res.3082.dll
2007/11/07 08:00 5,686 vcredist.bmp
2007/11/07 08:50 1,927,956 VC_RED.cab
2007/11/07 08:53 242,176 VC_RED.MSI

 

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

I'm not sure if the following files were created by installing Visual
Studio 2008 or the SDK for Server 2008 and DotNet 3.5 into Vista.

I believe that you're seeing the problem desxcribed here:

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=316557

Apparently, the VS2008 redist installer creates a bunch of files in the root
of the drive containing the directory from which the executable is run,
rather than in a temp folder. (Or maybe it's the root with the most space -
there are conflicting reports).

Adding your vote to the connect item couldn't hurt - it sounds like a new
redist is needed that puts these files in a sensible place. In the
meantime, I think that you can simply delete them after the install is
complete.

-cd

 

[Norman Diamond]

Yes it looks like the same issue, though in my case it might be the x64
version instead of x86 (I'm not sure how to tell) and it's Japanese not
Spanish.