Errors in installing Visual Studio 2015, regarding "Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable"

Question

I am stuck since 2 days with this simple installation process of Visual Studio 2015 from my university portal (vs_communityENUS.exe which is a 3260 KB application). I am not new to installation and troubleshooting but this one has got me insane.

Every time I install it it throws me errors:

1. Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) - 14.0.23918: Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product, use Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.

2. Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) - 14.0.24210: The installer failed. Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product, use Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. Error code: 0x80070666

3. Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86) - 14.0.24210: The installer failed. Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product, use Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. Error code: 0x80070666

4. Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86) - 14.0.23918: Another version of this product is already installed. Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product, use Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.

I checked my control panel but I did not find any files with the above name. Than, I got this amazing link that helped me remove any previous version of visual studio I have in my machine but a fresh installation after that also threw same errors.

I am badly stuck, what I want is a simple visual studio version compatible to windows 8.1 and can successfully integrate with opencv, qt and vtk.

Any help in this regard is highly and respectfully appreciated.

Answer 1

Do you have the Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable installed before the VS 2015 installation? If so, please try to uninstall the Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable then install the VS 2015 again per this similar issue

If not and you cannot find the higher version of the VS Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable under Control Panel, please use MsiInv to gather information about what is installed on a computer , if it is confirmed that a higher version is existing, then you can ignore this warning information to use VS 2015.

Answer 2

There are some known issues with Visual Studio 2017 redistributables interfering with VS2015 redistributables. Temporarily uninstalling them might allow you to install the whole of VS2015.

Answer 3

I tried many different strategies to get this to be fixed, but I found a program that installed all the various visual c++ packages without a hitch and fixed my problems.

https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist