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Recently, I downloaded the demos of several Blue Cat Plugins...   And I've had some crashes on my system..   So I wrote Blue Cat, and they couldn't repeat the crash...

So I am thinking, that one of the things I have noticed about my system, is that I have several installs of the Microsoft C++ Libraries..   That is because a lot of my vst, and music software like to install this thing again and again...

What do you guys think?   Should I uninstall a lot of these, and leave only the X64 ones?

hmm..  what to do?


Cheers

The reason that the different programs install a version of the VC library (or portions thereof), is that they need the code. In some cases they need the particular version of the code that they are installing and will not work with older or newer versions. Problems can arise if they install to the same directory, typically the "default" directory, and overwrite versions that other software needs or vice versa. This was a bigger problem with older operating systems, because they did not bind the versions to the applications on installation. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235624(v=vs.80).aspx  A proper Win 7 installation should be OK, but if the developer wrote an installation that bypassed that, and just copied files, it could screw up. The fact that there are multiple versions present does not indicate a problem, however, and I would be reluctant to screw with this unless you have better evidence that there is a version conflict causing your crashes.

slartabartfast


 I would be reluctant to screw with this unless you have better evidence that there is a version conflict causing your crashes.

Thanks for your informative post!   I will take note of this especially. 






Cheers

"slartabartfast"
The fact that there are multiple versions present does not indicate a problem, however, and I would be reluctant to screw with this unless you have better evidence that there is a version conflict causing your crashes.

Completely agree.