Can't install Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable.

Question

I don't know what is "Microsoft.VC90.ATL",and I can't find it on Microsoft.

Answer 1

That is the ATL runtime library used for COM. If you installed the VC++ runtime then it would be available. You shouldn't need to install this manually.

You tagged this with Visual Studio. Are you trying to use VS to build C++ applications? If so then run the VS installer and go to the Workloads tab. Ensure that Desktop development with C++ is checked. Go to the Individual Components tab and ensure the latest version of ATL is selected. You can then develop code using ATL. Note that the C++ 2008 version is way too old for modern code so if you're trying to build code that uses it then you'll want to update that code.

If you're instead trying to install or run a program that is generating this error then the installer for the program should have installed the necessary binaries. If for some reason that doesn't work then you might need to go to the vcredist site here and run the installer for both x86 and x64. However note that these binaries are not supported anymore and may or may not work on Windows 11. Most likely they will but there are no guarantees.

Answer 2

Have you tried this ?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#visual-studio-2008-vc-90-sp1-no-longer-supported

Answer 3

Hello @Sky Walker,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

I tested locally and successfully installed the x64 and x86 version of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable package.

I doubt that this error is related to Windows OS and antivirus or limitations.

Are you using any antivirus/security management software or maybe there are some limitations on your machine like permission limitation, group policy…?

If so, kindly try to disable them temporarily or contact with administrator/IT to make sure that they won’t interfere the installation of the redistributable package.

About Windows OS, please open Windows Settings > Windows Update > make sure that all patches have been installed correctly, and there’s no Windows Update error. Then try to install the package again.

Sincerely,

Tianyu

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