I know i need VC runtime installed to run some games and whatnot but why in the ***** does Windows throw files into C drive haphazardly this way?!! Are these just installation files that can be deleted or do i need some of them (like VC_RED.cab and the dll files). I want to clean them up without breaking anything so advice is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Quesiton has been asked a good number of times:
Quistion Regarding Microsoft Visual C++
Do I really need all these versions of MS VC++ 2005-2015 ??
Are all these ms vis c++ necessary
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These will have been installed to support various programs you have installed.
Therefore if you remove them... those programs won't work.
Last edited by dalchina; 30 Jan 2023 at 15:19.
It is not Windows creating those files, it's whatever software you installed doing it. And likely yourself, as I've never seen any
software installing itself by default directly under C:\. Those files would normally be created in the software's own
installation directory.
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