On November 11th MS downloaded the following files through normal updates. After some researching, I found that this applies to a beta release of Visual Studio. I don't have it on my system and don't plan to use it. Is it safe to delete these files? It's not a lot space, but why have unwanted programs. Please look at the files below and give your response. TIA, Richard
Hmmm... that's old stuff.
Either way they are C++ runtime installation files only - probably downloaded to install a component dependency set-up uses that was compiled with that. Deleting those installation files makes to difference.
Still, I know Microsoft downloads files that I don't know about because they're necessary for operation of programs. But Visual Studio and all needed files should be loaded when requested by me. After all, it's a beta program anyway. Aren't beta programs more or less a trial program before the final version comes out?
Beta would be the phase before production release, typically to allow for additional bug hunting. I've seen a number of Microsoft products that dump files in the root of C:\. These can be safely removed.
Yea, but these files Were dumped on my c:\ drive and not in temp folder. They were not there before the last mfc version 1709 update.
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