Where are the visual C++ redistributable packages installed?

Question

So I'm trying to install microsoft visual studio 2015 community on my windows 8 pc but the installer keeps stopping and claiming that the 2013 redistributable cannot be found. I know it is installed. One of the options is to specify a file path to the redistributable. So I'm wondering where it is exactly I can find these files on my computer? Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

For those of you who are having this same issue I ended up getting the answer. As of right now, Sept. 9th 2015, the official answer from Microsoft support is:

"The problem is related to the use of Visual Studio web-installer. It will download C++ package from website, but the link of C++ package seems broken.

The temporary solution is to download the full ISO format and use it to install. You can download the ISO from official site and verify the checksum: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/visual-studio-2015-iso-sha1-vs.aspx "

So there you have it. Download the ISO version of the program which can also be found on the main download page for visual studio.