Hi, I have tried to down load a couple of games through 'origin' and I am getting the following error message 'v++ runtime redistributable package was not successfully installed. Setup cannot continue'. I get a similar message on steam sometimes but the games run on that. I am running win 8. Any ideas?
Are you sure it's not reading "C++ runtime"? Usually, there's a number mentioned as well. That should help you locate which package you need. Commonly needed runtimes are MSVC (Microsoft Visual C++) 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2012 runtimes. Most of these come in x86 and x64 flavour (32 and 64 bit, respectively) and while installing the 64 version won't hurt most software looks for the 32 bit flavour. A couple of links: MSVC 2005 SP1 x86 runtime MSVC 2008 SP1 x86 runtime MSVC2010 SP1 x86 runtime MSVC 2012 Update 3 runtime
My mistake,it does say 'VC ++ ' and it has (1603) at the end of the statement and I have msvc 2010 sp1 on my system.
You probably need either the MSVC 2005 or MSVC 2008 runtime (or both). MSVC runtime redistributables are not cumulative. That is, just because you have MSVC 2010 runtime on your system you still need earlier ones. The exception to this rule is when it comes to service packs/updates within a generation of MSVC runtimes. Usually, but not always, installing e.g. the MSVC 2008 SP1 runtime makes it unnecessary to install the MSVC 2008 runtime.
Will try putting the others on. Will let you know if it works. I get an error when I try downloading the 2005 or 2008 version, error 1395
do the manual fix, on that page below the fixit button, are the registry entries that might be causing an issue, backup your registry before deleting them.
