I Can't find Microsoft Visual C++ even though I have a program that says it's installed?

Question

I have Windows XP Pro, sp 3.

I have a program called "Revo Unistaller". Supposedly, it shows all the programs that are installed on my machine. One of the programs it shows as installed is "Microsoft Visual C++". The following is listed:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 ATL Update kb973923 - x86 9.0.50727.4053 .............. 0.11 MB
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 ATL Update kb973924 - x86 9.0.30729.4148 .............. 0.15 MB
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.21022 ..................................... 7.49 MB
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729. 17 ............................ 10.28 MB

but there is no instance of it in "C:\Program Files\". I've done searches for it and I can't find it.

I didn't install it so automatic updates must have but for what purpose if I can't use it? It's probably part of some sales gimmick.

Do I have a usable instance of "Microsoft Visual C++". How can I find it; the executable?
If anybody can answer these questions, please do or please give me any insights you might have.

Thanks,

royeo

Answer 1

The Redistributable isn't the actual program. It's a set of libraries that allow programs created with Visual C++ to run on your computer.



If you need Visual C++ on your computer, you can download the express edition from

http://www.microsoft.com/express/



I think there is also a beta version of Visual Studio 2010 that you can get as well.

Answer 2

There is no executable, because it's not a program you can run. Those are the redistributable libraries. Basically, other programs (like Microsoft Office) need those files to work. Rather than having every program on your computer that needs it install its own copy (so you end up with 5 copies of the same thing), it just installs itself as a separate program. The other programs can then just check to see if it's there.

Answer 3

Microsoft seen C++ incorporates an prolonged out of date 1989 C compiler. Microsoft does no longer help ordinary C and has in no way (to the better of my information) introduced plans for such help. in the journey that your objectives are to income C for any form of sensible use, evaluate getting an open source or advertisement C compiler (any company different than Microsoft: Intel, sunlight, IBM all help C) for many academic objectives, 1989 C may be sufficient, wherein case seen Studio is super, yet make confident to apply the .c extension or "assemble as C" putting, otherwise it incredibly is going to use the C++ compiler, which will produce unpredicted outcomes with C code.