Why are these two Microsoft .dll files on my second partition?

[Pooh-Man]

One of the Microsoft updates, I expect .Net, put two files on the root of
my second partition. I am running Vista64 now but it also happened when I
was running Vista32 also. They are part of the Microsoft runtime library.
Why are they being dumped on the second partition? I haven't deleted them
but I expect they are safe to delete.


msvcp70.dll
msvcr70.dll

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

One of the Microsoft updates, I expect .Net, put two files on the root of
my second partition. I am running Vista64 now but it also happened when I
was running Vista32 also. They are part of the Microsoft runtime library.
Why are they being dumped on the second partition? I haven't deleted them
but I expect they are safe to delete.

They are just C++ Runtime Libraries. I have found that some program
installers may misplace them like that. As long as you have copies in
C:\Windows\System32 they are safe to delete from there.

ss.

 

[Pooh-Man]

They are just C++ Runtime Libraries. I have found that some program
installers may misplace them like that. As long as you have copies in
C:\Windows\System32 they are safe to delete from there.

ss.

It's not even finding the copies in my 2nd partition. Instead it finds my
Usenet post. ???

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

It's not even finding the copies in my 2nd partition. Instead it finds my
Usenet post. ???

WTF?

ss.

 

[theclyde]

It's not even finding the copies in my 2nd partition. Instead it finds my
Usenet post. ???

You must be using Vista's highly effective search solutions then.

 

[Noddy]

WTF?

ss.

Yea, searching from the start bar it finds this thread in Windows Mail. I
had to search from explorer on that partition to find the files. It doesn't
show those files being in Windows anywhere. I think they must be from a .NET
update and can be deleted.