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The screenshot shows a number of updates and redistributables. Are they still vital and can I delete any?
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Hi Mario,
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributablefiles are prerequisites of other programs installed on your computer. Windows searches our database and automatically include these files during the update to allow you to run those programs that requires scripting.
We suggest not to delete any of these files to avoid programs from crashing or stop working properly after removing them.
Let us know if you have other questions.
Very helpful, I was looking to save space but they are not huge files. Thankyou.
