Microsoft visual studio

Question

Im trying to download microsoft visual studio and it says Verify that you have the access to this location and try again. or try to find the instillation package 'vc_runtimeminimum_x86.msi' in a folder from which you can install the product Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime. And no trying again does not work i have uninstalled the 2013 2015 2012 and other versions and cant install it still.

Answer 1

Hello @riley batcheller ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

I have uninstalled the 2013 2015 2012 and other versions

Do you mean VS 2013, 2015, 2012, or Visual C++ Minimum Runtime 2013, 2015 2012?

If you mean Visual C++ Minimum Runtime, then did you use this troubleshooter tool and uninstall following:

Microsoft Visual C++ XXXX Xxx Additional Runtime - xx.xx.xxxxx

Microsoft Visual C++ XXXX Xxx Debug Runtime - xx.xx.xxxxx

Microsoft Visual C++ XXXX Xxx Minimum Runtime - xx.xx.xxxxx

Did you also try to manually download and install the Visual C++ Redistributable package from here: Latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Version?

Verify that you have the access to this location and try again.

Since error message mentioned the permission, I would suggest you also check the directory(folder) and make sure that you have enough permissions.

For example, you can run the setup.exe file as administrator to see if this error disappears.

You can also try to navigate to that specific location, right-click that folder, click Properties, switch to Security tab, click Edit, choose the user and make sure that the corresponding permissions have been assigned.

If there are multiple accounts on your machine, try to sign in and use the one has administrative permissions.

If your machine is managed by your administrator or IT, try to communicate with them and make sure that there’s no limitation(security management software, group policy, antivirus…) on installing VS.

Feel free to let us know the results:)

Best Regards,

Tianyu

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