10.0.40219.473 (SP1 + security updates). Anything older should be updated immediately – but again, even the latest is unsupported since 2020.
5/10 – A solid product for its era, but dangerously outdated today. If you find it on a modern Windows 11 machine, it's likely there only to run one legacy application that should have been updated years ago. Appendix: How to Check Installed Version # List all VC++ 2010 x64 redistributables wmic product where "name like '%%Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64%%'" get name,version Check file version of msvcr100.dll (usually in C:\Windows\System32) dir C:\Windows\System32\msvcr100.dll microsoft visual c++ 2010 x64
Full Name: Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64) Version: 10.0.40219 (Service Pack 1 is the final, stable release) Type: Runtime library package Purpose: Provides the CRT (C Runtime), Standard C++, ATL, MFC, OpenMP, and MSVC runtime components required to run x64 applications compiled with Visual C++ 2010. If you find it on a modern Windows
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