visual-c++-runtime

Use Visual Studio 2012 and compile with older platform toolset?

According to this page on MSDN, you need to have the corresponding version of Visual Studio (2008 or 2010), or the relevant Windows SDK for the “Platform Toolset” drop down to list those versions: To change the target platform toolset, you must have the associated version of Visual Studio or the Windows Platform SDK installed. … Read more

WIX merge c++ runtime

It seems Microsoft recommends you use one of the redist executables (vcredist_x86.exe, vcredist_x64.exe) instead of the merge modules (see towards bottom) these days since the 2015 versions of the runtimes are more complicated than before and the merge modules are basically insufficient: “There will not be a merge module for the Universal CRT“. UPDATE: How … Read more