Windows 10: VC++ 2015 must be removed, but I can't find it

I need to update my Visual C 2015 redistributable. I've downloaded the installation packages, but they won't run unless I uninstall the existing ones. My problem is that I can see packages for 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2017, but no 2015. What am I missing?


Also, I see 3 versions of the 2008 x86 package an 2 versions of the 2013 x86 package. Do I need to keep all those versions, or can I pare them down to only the latest versions?


Thanks.

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Vc Redist Error


Hello i need help
i can`t run games with vc redist 15 required
like a rise of tomb raider
i have installed vc redist 2017
it is installed automaticly when i install adobe cc 2018
how to fix this problem ?
i can`t both installed 2015 and 2017

 

need specific VC redist packages for repair of installed vc redist packages

Just a little addendum to my last post.

I decided to just go ahead and axe the whole lot of vc redist's that were installed on my machine. everything but the vc redist 2017 x86. when i uninstalled the 2013 x64 redist the entry for the older version disappeared and did not reappear when i reinstalled
the vc redist, so i guess that issue is solved. Now for the reason for this second post.

All the reinstalls of the vc redists went well until i got to the vc 2015 x86 redist. setup for the redist kept erroring out saying another version was installed. no amount of tinkering i could do would get it to say otherwise. then i stumbled across the
reason. having vc 2017 redist installed will keep the 2015 redist from being serviced (installed, updated, etc). this is because they are both registered as version 14. the x64 version of 2015 went well, but because i had the 2017 x86 version already installed
the install of the x86 2015 redist setup program aborted the install.

the quickest way for the end user around this is to uninstall the 2017 redist before servicing the 2015 redist. this is far from an optimal solution, but there you have it. At least until Microsoft fixes the issue.

the best way for M$ to fix the issue is to release a patch or whatever that changes the 2017 redist version to version 15.

Update..... finished installing the 2017 VC redist's looks like the 2017 files actually are meant to replace the 2015 versions. this is something that was not occurring before. my system was saying that both the 2015 and 2017 versions were installed before.

so i guess i don't need to install the 2015 redists anymore, and just skip ahead to the 2017 redist from now on?

 

Visual C++ Issues. Why did installing Visual C++ 2017 Remove Visual C++ 2015 from my Windows 10 Programs list?

I ran into this problem when I installed Visual C++ 2017 Redistributables X86 and 64 on my Windows 10 PC today.

When I went to my programs list to make sure it registered there properly I found that my latest updated install of

Visual C++ 2015 Redistributables X86 and 64 had both been removed from my programs list.

This is a problem because I have multiple programs, including several games, that require Visual C++ 2015 to run!

What did the VC++ 2017 do to my VC installations?

Can anyone help me with this? I can not get Visual C++ 2015 to reinstall or show back up in my Programs List!!