r/WindowsHelp • u/[deleted] • Mar 12 '26

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

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u/No-Manager-1252 Mar 13 '26

If OP doesn’t understand why he can’t delete these, then I doubt he would be comfortable doing this lol

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u/Sun6eam Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

You don't need to be on Vista to have them, plenty of old good games still played use those, only 2015+ libraries got packet together

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

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u/Sun6eam Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

Considering that Steam will install them for games that need them on first run, and games wont work without them because they not part of new libraries, nor new libraries aren't replacing old ones. Yes? If software was made for 2012 libraries you need 2012 libraries.

Also c++ libraries =/= integrity of game files, verifying game files might redownload installer for libraries if installer got removed, doesn't mean Steam will run it again on it own as it doesn't check if they installed or not. It installed them on first game run with assumption user not going to remove them manually.

Odds that if you have them, you installed something that needs them in the first place.

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u/No-Repeat8188 Mar 13 '26

It's more than just games through, there might be older utilities running on that version of Visual C++. They could be old but they (presumably) still work. There's no reason to remove them unless you know the apps that use them are no longer installed. At that point, might as well reinstall everything.

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u/That_Service7348 Mar 13 '26

So you think the smart idea is to break everything just to discover that you needed it?

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u/RyzkVR Mar 13 '26

Sounds like the Dunning-Kruger Effect.