Windows 10: Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable does not install

On Steam, there is a game I bought several months ago called Victory at Sea. I played this game for several hours on my laptop and it worked okay. However, when I installed it on my new desktop PC and launched, it gave me this message:





I launched this game directly from the Steam library like any other game I have on Steam and there are no internet connection problems. I looked on the discussions page for this game and I found some posts of players explaining they've had a similar problem just like mine. Fortunately, someone from the game developer team have read these posts and responded with solutions. For some, they fixed their issues. For others including me, they lead to other issues.

I made a post of my own and the developer was kind enough to send me some possible fixes:

Verify integrity of game cache: Completed, but issue persists.
Re-download and install Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable, uninstall existing program first:

I checked on Uninstall or Change Program in Control Panel and it was not there:





So I went ahead with the link he gave me (Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64) from Official Microsoft Download Center), downloaded it, ran the installer and just before it finishes, I get this:





I told the developer about this and so far, I haven't found an answer. Since VC++ 2010 does not appear in Uninstall or Change Program, there's nothing I can do knowingly that tells me that VC++ 2010 is installed in my computer. My desktop runs Windows 10 and came with it originally, but my laptop has Windows 10 that I upgraded from Windows 7 so I don't know if incompatibility issues play a role. Since the developer hasn't said anything about this issue mainly because it's outside of his job, I came here to see if someone who knows these types of issues can tell me on how to fix it. Let me know if you know or you think you know what's going on.

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How to know what installed and/or depends on each Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable?

Hello.

My Control Panel lists these programs related to Microsoft Visual C++:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501

Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (x64)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable (x86) - 10.0.40219

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable (x64) - 10.0.40219

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable (x86) - 9.0.21022

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable (x86) - 9.0.30729.6161

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64)

I know they have been installed by other programs, but I suspect that when I uninstall one of the latter it does not uninstall the corresponding redistributable.
So how can I know what installed each of them and, the most important, which currently installed programs eventually depend on each of these Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables?

(The Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (x64) seems a special case, probably related to Microsoft Office itself, so here is a second question:
Since I have already uninstalled both the whole Office 2016 preview and OneNote 2013, can I safely uninstall it, or should I check for something else still needing it?)

Thank you.

 

Useless?

So I have these random programs on my laptop and I want to remove them but I suspect that it may effect my computer, so are these files necessary.

Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools - enu

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Management Objects

Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x64)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable (x86)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime...

So which one of these are needed and are not.

 

Does the log file give you more? (Shown on your last screenshot). Or possibly the event log - Event Viewer.

Could be some remaining registry entry from some previous installation... maybe.

 

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable Setup_20161030_102609562-MSI_vc_red.msi.txt

 

Hi, here's someone who claims to have found a way to get this done for him.

However, I don't know what the significance is of what he's done, so can't comment further.

Please back up appropriately before attempting fixes. We recommend the routine use of disk imaging, e.g. Macrium Reflect (free) + its boot medium + external storage for images

Cant install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and 2008 on Windows 10

 

Thanks for your help! VC++ 2010 installed with no errors and Victory at Sea now launches perfectly.
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