Setup.exe stop working when Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable

Question

Hi,

During installed Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable, there was a popup window shows setup.exe already stopped work. Then Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 cannot be installed.

Answer 1

Hi,
I suggest you to try some common workaround as the following:

1. Disable the Anti-Virus software during installation
2. Please check Control Panel to see whether the "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable " has already installed well in your computer. If yes, try to remove it.
3. Perform a clean boot.
   https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows
   Then you can download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package with the right version, according to your machine OS:
   https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

Check Event log if it recorded related error message.
Hope this helps and please help to accept as Answer if the response is useful.

Best Regards,
Carl

Answer 2

See troubleshooting for Visual Studio:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/i...
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/i...
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/?u...

If you know the program that uses this old VCC+ then you can reinstall it which may resolve the problem.Sometimes corrupt DLL files may cause problem.

Press Windows key + X then click Command Prompt (Admin) or Windows PowerShell (Admin). At the command prompt or PowerShell window, type the commands below then hit enter after each. Exit the command prompt then restart your computer to see if the problem is resolved.

regsvr32 ntdll.dll /s

regsvr32 msdxm.ocx /s

regsvr32 dxmasf.dll /s

regsvr32 wmp.dll /s

regsvr32 wmpdxm.dll /s