Windows 10: Cant download 2015-2022 visual c++ redis.

Hello, my problem started today. I was prompted with a driver update from geforce experience which may or may not have to do with my problem, then i got an error popup saying something like "____ is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error" with error status "0xc000012f". I am quite stumped because I've never had to deal with this before so I'm not sure what to do. I tried to uninstall the visual c++ thing because my scouring of the internet mentioned uninstalling and reinstalling it so I uninstalled which I had to go into regedit and delete the entire thing because it wou

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Cannot install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022

I was able to fix this in quite a few computers by doing the following:

1. First make sure all VC++ redistributable packages from 2015 onwards were uninstalled.
   
2. Open "regedit" and navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products"
   
   1. Search within all the child keys that have a product name of "Microsoft Visual C++ 2015...", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2019...", "Microsoft Visual C++ 2022...", etc.
      
   2. If you are having trouble with just the x64 version then you don't need to uninstall the x86 and its registry keys.
      
3. Try to install it again, it should work.
   

 

Error: Cannot install Visual C++ 2015-2022 on Windows Server 2012 R2. (0x80240017)

OS Used: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Counterpart of Windows 8.1)

Programs to be installed but failed: Visual C++ 2015-2022 (x86 and x64)

Expected Behavior: Successfully installed Visual C++ 2015-2022 on Windows Server 2012 R2.

Actual Behavior: Installation of Visual C++ 2015-2022 fails with an error code (Shown on the title)

 

Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 x64 Installation Failure

I suggest you to uninstall any existing Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package and install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package to check if it helps.

Follow the below steps:

Step 1: Uninstall the exiting Microsoft Visual C++.

a) Press Windows key + x key and select
Programs and Features.

b) Right click on the Microsoft Visual C++ and uninstall it.

Step 2: Download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ and install it.

Download Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015