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Can an individual developer redistribute VC++ Runtime DLLs bundled with Python in a free or commercial Windows application?

Hello Microsoft Team, I am an independent mechanical engineer and software developer operating as a Ukrainian sole proprietor (FOP) under the CR20KB brand. I am preparing a Windows desktop application called (removed by Moderator), which compares…

Developer technologies | C++
Developer technologies | C++

A high-level, general-purpose programming language, created as an extension of the C programming language, that has object-oriented, generic, and functional features in addition to facilities for low-level memory manipulation.

4,112 questions
asked 2026-10-28T11:49:53.7233333+00:00
edited an answer 2026-10-29T04:24:54.74+00:00
Nguyen Dam (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 1,010 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Visual Studio 2019 catalog: what does packages[].payloads[].size measure?

Hello,   I am seeking an authoritative explanation of packages[].payloads[].size in the Visual Studio installation catalog.   The recorded observations concern catalog identity VisualStudio/16.11.43+35706.149. For the following four packages, the catalog…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-10-20T23:28:22.1966667+00:00
Mbulelo Dlangamandla 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-29T03:17:13.3433333+00:00
Brian Pham (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 975 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 17.14.40 — Catalog SHA-256 mismatch and MSVC VSIX size discrepancy

Hello, I am investigating two integrity metadata inconsistencies involving Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 version 17.14.40 (build 17.14.37628.2). I would like clarification on the official published artifacts before proceeding with a native Windows…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-10-25T13:09:05.4033333+00:00
Emile Cotte 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-29T03:12:46.9666667+00:00
Brian Pham (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 975 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Visual Studio Build Tools 17.14.42 fixed catalog: payload size and SHA-256 differ from channel metadata

我们在安装前核对 Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 的固定发布文件,遇到 channel 声明与 catalog 原始响应不一致的问题。希望确认权威原件及完整性校验约定。 固定版本为 17.14.42 / build 17.14.37806.7,来自微软固定发布历史。 固定 channel:VisualStudio.17.Release.chman。 channel 中 Microsoft.VisualStudio.Manifests.VisualStudio 项指定的…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-10-25T05:45:22.68+00:00
WEI BIN SHAO 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-29T03:10:48.44+00:00
Brian Pham (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 975 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to enable Accessibility features in Visual Studio 2026

How to enable Accessibility features in Visual Studio 2026. I need to fix WCAG 2.2 issues in HTML for web apps. How do I use Visual Studio 2026 built-in features and enable them.

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-10-23T17:56:27.2266667+00:00
Bajwa, Rick 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-29T03:06:49.36+00:00
Brian Pham (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 975 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Microsoft Visual C++ v14 Redistributable (x86) 14.51.36247 cannot be installed or removed.

Microsoft Visual C++ v14 Redistributable (x86) 14.51.36247 cannot be installed or removed. Setup reports that the older Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime cannot be removed because vc_runtimeMinimum_x86.msi is missing from the Package Cache. …

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-10-28T19:45:09.8966667+00:00
Andrea Stretars 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-29T03:02:30.1466667+00:00
Brian Pham (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 975 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Unable to monetize UWP game with ads and get a paid app approved – individual Microsoft Store publisher (Türkiye)

Hello, I am an individual Microsoft Store publisher (MSA account, market: Türkiye) with games built on UWP. I am facing two blocking monetization issues and have been unable to reach Store developer support through any channel (Partner Center…

Developer technologies | Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
asked 2026-10-17T08:32:18.2566667+00:00
Osman İSLAMOĞLU 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-29T02:44:32.6233333+00:00
Gatlin Le (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 1,225 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Redistribution of Graph32.OCX in a VB6 application

Hello everybody. I have an old VB6 application, developed using VB6 Enterprise edition, that uses the Graph32.OCX control in a form. I am trying to find out what the redistribution rights are for this control for inclusion in an SBOM. I am familiar with…

Developer technologies | VB
Developer technologies | VB

An object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft that can be used in .NET.

2,947 questions
asked 2026-10-28T09:25:21.44+00:00
Duncan Howe 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-29T02:35:21.7766667+00:00
Gatlin Le (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 1,225 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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When I want to add images on the form it always come up with one error- Method "Llabel1_Click" not found

When I want to add images on the form it always come up with one error- Method "Llabel1_Click" not found.

Developer technologies | Windows Forms
asked 2026-10-24T03:26:22.86+00:00
Fidelia Nzeh 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-29T02:32:52.3333333+00:00
Harry Nguyen (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 425 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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C# console app copying whole directory and free google translate hangs on first file

Hi, I have in my directory some RTF files which I want to translate to a desired language and later append to the same file and continue to the next. It supposed to detect original language (auto). Each file about a page of RTF text. Here code: using…

Developer technologies | C#
Developer technologies | C#

An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.

11,824 questions
asked 2026-10-28T23:48:41.3833333+00:00
Gennady Gurin 206 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-28T23:49:50.67+00:00

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C# win form sending a message on telegram to a pr. channel exception error

Sending a message to a private channel on Telegram, not sure why I get exception message when running code. I attached 2…

Developer technologies | C#
Developer technologies | C#

An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.

11,824 questions
asked 2026-10-22T02:27:00.1833333+00:00
Gennady Gurin 206 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-28T22:22:16.11+00:00
Gennady Gurin 206 Reputation points
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I am integrating our internal project tool with Visual studio

I am integrating our internal project tool with Visual studio, I want to create a context menu, when I right click on particular test we get option like run, debug etc as mentioned in the screen shot now I want to create another context menu just below…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Extensions
asked 2026-10-28T09:59:46.4033333+00:00
Kumar PH, Punith (E/CAIN-B1) 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-28T11:23:48.52+00:00
Brian Pham (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 975 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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After migrating to Blazor v5 interactive server page freezes after intercating with any field

Website using Blazor version 4 worked fine. This week migrated to Blazor version 5. Works fine on desktop browser. But IOS does not. on Ipad navigation works fine but as soon as a finger touches a form field, the page freezes. tried all the…

Developer technologies | .NET | Blazor
Developer technologies | .NET | Blazor

A free and open-source web framework that enables developers to create web apps using C# and HTML, developed by Microsoft.

1,706 questions
asked 2026-10-25T18:19:09.02+00:00
Americo Perez 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-28T06:16:24.8833333+00:00
Nguyen Dam (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 1,010 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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.NET 10 client-certificate behavior when all explicit certificate sources are null

We are evaluating a Windows x64 HTTPS client using .NET 10 LTS, HttpClient, and a newly created, exclusive SocketsHttpHandler with dedicated SslClientAuthenticationOptions. This is a proposed configuration, not a report of an installed or tested…

Developer technologies | .NET | .NET Runtime
Developer technologies | .NET | .NET Runtime

.NET: Microsoft Technologies based on the .NET software framework. Runtime: An environment required to run apps that aren't compiled to machine language.

1,343 questions
asked 2026-10-27T14:50:05.2+00:00
Manica Moscon Advogados 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-10-28T04:13:15.1933333+00:00
Nguyen Dam (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 1,010 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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[win10 22h2] Killed win visual studio 22 updater task and vs22 cannot start

Always ServiceHub.IdentityHost.exe error With No other debug message I uninstalled and reinstalled vs22 community and still cannot fix You have a vs22 problem that even cannot be fixed by reinstalling

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-10-20T18:21:46.6133333+00:00
a360circle 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-28T03:14:12.31+00:00
Brian Pham (WICLOUD CORPORATION) 975 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Arrays call stack error

-------- -------- 1. Hide Call Stack -------- -------- -------- 1. Hide Call Stack 1. Hide Call Stack 1. Hide Call Stack 1. Hide Call Stack at System.Linq.Enumerable.SingleTSource at…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other

A family of Microsoft suites of integrated development tools for building applications for Windows, the web, mobile devices and many other platforms. Miscellaneous topics that do not fit into specific categories.

5,857 questions
asked 2026-10-27T21:49:39.29+00:00
Alexander Davis 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-28T01:07:21.1333333+00:00
Viorel 127.3K Reputation points
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Visual C++ 2015-2022 Distributable x64

My set up failed for this. I need help. Where do I go for the download or who can I talk to on the phone?

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-05-15T16:50:54.64+00:00
Angie 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-27T14:53:40.8366667+00:00
Lokman Hakim 0 Reputation points
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XGameSaveInitializeProvider hangs

Hello Xbox team, We frequently experience a problem when calling XGameSaveInitializeProvider. The application hangs on this call for 30 seconds (we then have to terminate the application because we don't have the means to handle this stall). We want to…

Developer technologies | C++
Developer technologies | C++

A high-level, general-purpose programming language, created as an extension of the C programming language, that has object-oriented, generic, and functional features in addition to facilities for low-level memory manipulation.

4,112 questions
asked 2026-10-13T17:52:16.7166667+00:00
Alekseev Maksim Valentinovich 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-27T11:28:28.7833333+00:00
Alekseev Maksim Valentinovich 20 Reputation points
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Azure DevOps clone fails in Visual Studio: “Unable to start process. Unable to resume suspended process during process creation.

When I attempt to clone an Azure DevOps Git repository through Visual Studio, Visual Studio displays an Azure DevOps Error dialog: Unable to start process. Unable to resume suspended process during process creation. Git for Windows is installed and…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Debugging
asked 2026-10-15T19:25:29.12+00:00
Kumar, Sonbir 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-10-27T11:24:05.1833333+00:00
Kumar, Sonbir 5 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unable to install latest c++ 2015-2022 redistributable

I am unable to install the latest version of ms visual c++ 2015-2022 v14.51.36247 because it says the .msi file is missing from the package cache folder for my current version v14.44.35211) when using cCleaner v7 to update the x86 andf x64 files. Any…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Setup
asked 2026-10-26T19:06:26.4766667+00:00
Jim Paige 130 Reputation points
accepted 2026-10-27T10:09:13.88+00:00
Jim Paige 130 Reputation points