From 70bdbf1e057b8af8ddc89f91681909cdfcbfb51f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TylerMSFT Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 14:31:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] explained why there aren't version numbers listed for VS 2015-2022 --- docs/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist.md b/docs/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist.md index ea7bc765654..12217e21765 100644 --- a/docs/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist.md +++ b/docs/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Latest supported Visual C++ Redistributable downloads" description: "This article lists the download links for the latest versions of Visual C++ Redistributable packages." -ms.date: 01/13/2023 +ms.date: 04/24/2023 helpviewer_keywords: [ "redist", @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ For details on how to install and redistribute Visual Studio components, see [Re ## Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022 -This table lists the latest supported English (en-US) Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022. The latest supported version has the most recent implemented C++ features, security, reliability, and performance improvements. It also includes the latest C++ standard language and library standards conformance updates. We recommend you install this version for all applications created using Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, or 2022. +This table lists the latest supported English (en-US) Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packages for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022. The latest supported version has the most recently implemented C++ features, security, reliability, and performance improvements. It also includes the latest C++ standard language and library standards conformance updates. We recommend that you install this version for all applications created using Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019, or 2022. + +Unlike older versions of Visual Studio, which have infrequent redist updates, the version number is not listed in the following table for Visual Studio 2015-2022 because the redist is updated frequently. To find the version number of the latest redist, download the redist you are interested in using one of the following links. Then, look at its properties using Windows File Explorer. In the **Details** pane, the **File version** contains the version of the redist. | Architecture | Link | Notes | |--|:-:|-:|