C++ Redistributable: 2010

Many 2010-era games (e.g., Fallout: New Vegas , Skyrim modding tools) ran into this and required manual DLL copying to the game folder to override the system one. Quiet install command: vcredist_x64.exe /q /norestart

Even today, you’ll find old software that installs the version, which then coexists awkwardly with the SP1 version. Windows sees them as different products , so both appear in “Programs and Features.” 4. The x64 “DLL Hell” Surprise On 64-bit Windows , VC++ 2010 installs both 32-bit and 64-bit runtimes if you run the x64 redist. But — the 32-bit version registers into SysWOW64 , and the 64-bit into System32 . Sounds fine, except some old installers expect msvcr100.dll in System32 (which is 64-bit) but then try to load it from a 32-bit app. Boom — bad image format error. c++ redistributable 2010