{"id":5033,"date":"2008-04-22T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vcblog\/2008\/04\/22\/visual-c-2008-feature-pack-refresh\/"},"modified":"2022-05-20T09:32:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T09:32:51","slug":"visual-c-2008-feature-pack-refresh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cppblog\/visual-c-2008-feature-pack-refresh\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Refresh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Per our previous announcement regarding the Feature Pack deployment & setup issues<\/a>, we have subsequently released a refresh of the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack. You can obtain the refresh from <\/span>http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?FamilyID=d466226b-8dab-445f-a7b4-448b326c48e7&displaylang=en<\/span><\/a>. Here is a summary of the issues that were fixed as part of the refresh effort:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Feature Pack failed to install on German OS or English OS with German locale. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Fixed. <\/span><\/p>\n

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VCRedist_x86.exe failed to install on Vista and Windows Server 2008<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fixed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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VCRedist_x86.exe installs the ATL and OpenMP assemblies with the wrong processor architecture, which will cause ATL and OpenMP applications targeting x86 to fail.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fixed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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MFC & CRT .manifest files located under Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0VCredist<\/b> had older manifest versions<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fixed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you installed the original version of the Feature Pack (binary version = 9.0.30304.0), <\/span>we strongly recommend you uninstall that version and install the new bits. To uninstall the older bits, <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00b7<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (On Vista and Windows Server 2008)<\/b> Control Panel->Programs->Programs and Features, click on \u201cView Installed Updates\u201d in the \u201cTasks\u201d panel at left. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b7<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (On other operating systems)<\/b> Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs, check the \u201cShow Updates\u201d checkbox at the top of the page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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o<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Uninstall the design time components<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Expand the group for your Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 installation to show all updates, uninstall the Update Roll Up for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 \u2013ENU<\/i>(KB945273)<\/b> and Update Roll Up for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 \u2013ENU<\/i>(KB947886).<\/b> You may have only one update (KB945273) to uninstall if you do not have 64-bit VC components installed on your machine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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o<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Uninstall the runtime components<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Under the group \u201cVisual C++ 9.0\u201d(expand it if needed), uninstall \u201cVisual C++ 2008 Feature Pack – x86 – v9.0.30304.00\u201d and \u201cVisual C++ 2008 Feature Pack – x64 – v9.0.30304.00\u201d. You may have only the x86 runtime to uninstall if you do not have 64-bit VC components installed on your machine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thanks,<\/span><\/p>\n

Ayman Shoukry<\/span><\/p>\n

Visual C++ Development Team<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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