Does microsoft office 2010 need microsoft c++ redistributable?

[John Speedy]

Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010 need
it?

[Ed Cryer]

Post by John Speedy
Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010
need it?

Can you remember which program first installed it?
If it wasn't MS Office then it was some other software you have.
I'd leave it there. It's not too big (both 32 bit and 64 bit packages),
and it'll save you finding that something wants it back in almost
immediately.
I have versions of this installed for back to 2005; they're not too big.

Ed

[John Speedy]

Post by John Speedy
Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010
need it?

"Ed Cryer" escreveu na mensagem news:lqod71$vur$***@dont-email.me...

"Can you remember which program first installed it?
If it wasn't MS Office then it was some other software you have.
I'd leave it there. It's not too big (both 32 bit and 64 bit packages),
and it'll save you finding that something wants it back in almost
immediately.
I have versions of this installed for back to 2005; they're not too big.

Ed"

Thank you for the info.

[Ed Cryer]

Post by John Speedy

Post by John Speedy
Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010
need it?

"Can you remember which program first installed it?
If it wasn't MS Office then it was some other software you have.
I'd leave it there. It's not too big (both 32 bit and 64 bit packages),
and it'll save you finding that something wants it back in almost
immediately.
I have versions of this installed for back to 2005; they're not too big.
Ed"
Thank you for the info.

A lesson from experience.
Don't uninstall things at will. Fight that tidiness compulsion.

It's made easier these days by our vast disk sizes.
It's just not like it was once.

Ed

[John Speedy]

"Ed Cryer" escreveu na mensagem news:lqofbm$g74$***@dont-email.me...

"A lesson from experience.
Don't uninstall things at will. Fight that tidiness compulsion.

It's made easier these days by our vast disk sizes.
It's just not like it was once.

Ed"

I guess you're right. When I'm not working, I have only one open window. I'm
always openning and closing internet explorer and windows live mail. Windows
8 changed this model on apps section. We are now on real multitasking
environment.

[B00ze]

Post by John Speedy
I guess you're right. When I'm not working, I have only one open window.
I'm always openning and closing internet explorer and windows live mail.
Windows 8 changed this model on apps section. We are now on real
multitasking environment.

That's funny, Windows has always been multitasking, and more so on the
desktop than on the Metro interface where you cannot have multiple
windows overlapping etc.

[John Speedy]

I thought multitasking means you can have many windows open at the same
time, metro interface doesn't even facilitate closing apps you open.

Post by John Speedy
I guess you're right. When I'm not working, I have only one open window.
I'm always openning and closing internet explorer and windows live mail.
Windows 8 changed this model on apps section. We are now on real
multitasking environment.

"B00ze" escreveu na mensagem news:lqpia0$d77$***@dont-email.me...

That's funny, Windows has always been multitasking, and more so on the
desktop than on the Metro interface where you cannot have multiple
windows overlapping etc.

[. . .winston]

Post by John Speedy
I thought multitasking means you can have many windows open at the same
time, metro interface doesn't even facilitate closing apps you open.

Post by John Speedy
I guess you're right. When I'm not working, I have only one open window.
I'm always openning and closing internet explorer and windows live mail.
Windows 8 changed this model on apps section. We are now on real
multitasking environment.

That's funny, Windows has always been multitasking, and more so on the
desktop than on the Metro interface where you cannot have multiple
windows overlapping etc.

...

Just click on the 'x' - upper right in the open app.

[Paul]

Post by John Speedy
I thought multitasking means you can have many windows open at the same
time, metro interface doesn't even facilitate closing apps you open.

Sure it does. Try Alt-F4, while stuck in the Metro window.

If you do that in the open desktop, the OS will present
shut down symptoms, so the key combo should be
applied when a window has focus.

*******

In Windows 8, the behavior and limitations of the GUI are a function of:

1) Screen real estate. More than 1366 wide screen, is a trigger
point of a different behavior. My screen, at 1280, has different
limits than someone at 1440. "Snap" works at 1440 (side by side).

2) Multiple screens changes the behavior. I don't have any
pictures of three screen Win8 setups, to comment.

3) Windows 8 release (W8, W8.1, W8.1 U1, W8.1 U2) would
all have an impact on behavior. The original W8 being
the most restrictive.

It's pretty hard to have an intelligent discussion
about an actual limit, because of 1,2,3. It's like
guessing how many ducks there are in a "standard
duck pond". The dribbling nature of Win8 development,
will only lead to endless arguments.

You can have more than one Metro window, under the
right conditions. For a hardware and software
config that most people aren't using.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/156968-windows-8-1-unveiled-lots-of-touchscreen-tweaks-desktop-users-will-be-dissatisfied

"Perhaps the biggest change in Windows 8.1 is how the
Metro interface handles multiple apps and low-resolution
displays.

Whereas Windows 8 only had one, extremely limited "snap" view,
Windows 8.1 will allow you to resize side-by-side apps to take
up as much of the screen as you like.

On large displays, you can have up to four Metro apps
running side-by-side - and if you have multiple monitors,
Metro apps and the Start screen are no longer locked to
just one monitor.

Whereas Windows 8 required a minimum resolution of 1280×800,
Windows 8.1 will allow 1024×768 displays to employ the new
50/50 side-by-side snap view — a move that should put Microsoft
in good stead for the release of cheap 7- and 8-inch
Windows 8.1 tablets later this year."

HTH,
Paul

[Gene E. Bloch]

Post by John Speedy
I thought multitasking means you can have many windows open at the same
time, metro interface doesn't even facilitate closing apps you open.

Multitasking means doing many tasks at once. Not all tasks have visible
windows.

[. . .winston]

Post by John Speedy
Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010
need it?

Visual C++ redistributables are components shipped by software providers
(MSFT and 3rd party) for application programs and apps who use Visual
C++ to write their software and choose to use Microsoft's code inside
the component (no need to reinvent the wheel).

When a Visual C++ redistributables is on your computer, it is usually
the result of being installed with one of your programs or apps.

Visual C++ redistributables do not supersede each other (thus multiple
versions may exist). Additionally security updates are also issued for
those redistributable versions which may yield additional items
appearing in Windows Program and Features and Windows Update history.

i.e. The safe route is to leave them alone to prevent breaking a program
or app.

[Ed Propes]

Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010 need it?

Rename it and run the program. If nothing bad happens continue to use
MS 2010 for awhile to make sure their are no problems.

Ed in East Texas

[John Speedy]

I want to uninstall not install.

Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010 need it?

"Ed Propes" escreveu na mensagem news:***@mid.individual.net...
Rename it and run the program. If nothing bad happens continue to use
MS 2010 for awhile to make sure their are no problems.

Ed in East Texas

[. . .winston]

Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010 need it?

Rename it and run the program. If nothing bad happens continue to use MS
2010 for awhile to make sure their are no problems.
Ed in East Texas

What do you suggest renaming ?

Microsoft C++ Redistributable are items in Programs and Features (they
can be uninstalled and in some cases repaired, not 'renamed')

[John Speedy]

C++ Redistributable is software needed to run C++

Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010 need it?

Rename it and run the program. If nothing bad happens continue to use MS
2010 for awhile to make sure their are no problems.
Ed in East Texas

". . .winston" escreveu na mensagem news:lqp9ka$nlo$***@dont-email.me...

What do you suggest renaming ?

Microsoft C++ Redistributable are items in Programs and Features (they
can be uninstalled and in some cases repaired, not 'renamed')

[John Speedy]

you can make everything with c++ code language

[Paul]

Post by John Speedy
you can make everything with c++ code language

Why not look for them, and see how many there
are, and where they are located ?

First, if you need to determine whether a program
uses a redistributable DLL, you can use DependencyWalker
on the .exe of that program.

http://www.dependencywalker.com/

For file names, the download page has a file list. (There
is a download page and a KB article with more details.)

You can select a few representative files.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2565063

Msvcp100.dll
Msvcr100.dll

Copies of these can be seen in two kinds of places.
If you use the above download page (26999), the files
delivered that way are put in a system-wide folder.

If, on the other hand, a developer used Visual Studio, and
bundles the .dll with the dependencies in it, that
would be a "private" copy of the file stored in a
Program Files folder.

It's the kind of mess you leave alone :-)
You would have to be very bored, to start tearing
the wings off those flies.

Paul

[. . .winston]

Post by Paul

Post by John Speedy
you can make everything with c++ code language

Why not look for them, and see how many there
are, and where they are located ?
First, if you need to determine whether a program
uses a redistributable DLL, you can use DependencyWalker
on the .exe of that program.
It's the kind of mess you leave alone :-)
You would have to be very bored, to start tearing
the wings off those flies.
Paul

+1

One might never realize after the wing-catching euphoria wears off that
it wasn't the fly but a bigger beast that flew out the Window and
stopped working.

[. . .winston]

Post by John Speedy
C++ Redistributable is software needed to run C++

Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010 need it?

Rename it and run the program. If nothing bad happens continue to use MS
2010 for awhile to make sure their are no problems.
Ed in East Texas

What do you suggest renaming ?
Microsoft C++ Redistributable are items in Programs and Features (they
can be uninstalled and in some cases repaired, not 'renamed')

Afaics we're past what it is and used for (see my earlier post). My
response was to Ed P.'s seemingly odd suggestion to rename *it*.

[Ed Propes]

Post by . . .winston

Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010 need it?

Rename it and run the program. If nothing bad happens continue to use MS
2010 for awhile to make sure their are no problems.
Ed in East Texas

What do you suggest renaming ?
Microsoft C++ Redistributable are items in Programs and Features (they can be
uninstalled and in some cases repaired, not 'renamed')

Any part he is questoining the need of.


Ed

[Jones]

Are you suggesting to rename MS Office?

Post by . . .winston

Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010 need it?

Rename it and run the program. If nothing bad happens continue to use MS
2010 for awhile to make sure their are no problems.
Ed in East Texas

What do you suggest renaming ?
Microsoft C++ Redistributable are items in Programs and Features (they can be
uninstalled and in some cases repaired, not 'renamed')

"Ed Propes" wrote news:***@mid.individual.net...

Any part he is questoining the need of.


Ed

[Ed Propes]

Post by . . .winston

Can I uninstall Microsoft C++ Redistributable or does Microsoft 2010 need it?

Rename it and run the program. If nothing bad happens continue to use MS
2010 for awhile to make sure their are no problems.
Ed in East Texas

What do you suggest renaming ?
Microsoft C++ Redistributable are items in Programs and Features (they can be
uninstalled and in some cases repaired, not 'renamed')

I stand ...sit corrected. My off the cuff should have stayed under the
cuff. Thanks for the education!

Ed Propes