Mailbag: How to detect the presence of the Visual C++ 9.0 runtime redistributable package

转载：http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2009/01/29/9384143.aspx

 

Question:

I saw a couple of previous blog posts that you wrote about how to detect the presence of the Visual C++ 2005 runtime files and the Visual C++ 2005 SP1 runtime files.  I am creating an installer that requires the Visual C++ 2008 runtime files.  How can I detect the presence of the Visual C++ 2008 and 2008 SP1 runtime files?

Answer:

Like in the Visual C++ 2005 runtime files, there is not a specific detection mechanism designed and built into the Visual C++ 2008 runtime files installers.  You can use an algorithm like the one I described in my previous blog posts to detect the presence of the Visual C++ 2008 runtime files products on a system:

1. Call the MsiQueryProductState API
2. Pass in the product code for the package that you want to detect based on the list below
3. Check the return value of this API.  If it is anything other than INSTALLSTATE_DEFAULT, the package is not yet installed

Visual C++ 2008 runtime files

• Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86) - {FF66E9F6-83E7-3A3E-AF14-8DE9A809A6A4}
• Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x64) - {350AA351-21FA-3270-8B7A-835434E766AD}
• Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (ia64) - {2B547B43-DB50-3139-9EBE-37D419E0F5FA}

Visual C++ 2008 SP1 runtime files

• Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) - {9A25302D-30C0-39D9-BD6F-21E6EC160475}
• Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64) - {8220EEFE-38CD-377E-8595-13398D740ACE}
• Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (ia64) - {5827ECE1-AEB0-328E-B813-6FC68622C1F9}

Visual C++ 2008 SP1 ATL Security Update runtime files

• Visual C++ 2008 SP1 ATL Security Update Redistributable Package (x86) - {1F1C2DFC-2D24-3E06-BCB8-725134ADF989}
• Visual C++ 2008 SP1 ATL Security Update Redistributable Package (x64) - {4B6C7001-C7D6-3710-913E-5BC23FCE91E6}
• Visual C++ 2008 SP1 ATL Security Update Redistributable Package (ia64) - {977AD349-C2A8-39DD-9273-285C08987C7B}

Visual C++ 2008 SP1 MFC Security Update runtime files

• Visual C++ 2008 SP1 MFC Security Update Redistributable Package (x86) - {9BE518E6-ECC6-35A9-88E4-87755C07200F}
• Visual C++ 2008 SP1 MFC Security Update Redistributable Package (x64) - {5FCE6D76-F5DC-37AB-B2B8-22AB8CEDB1D4}
• Visual C++ 2008 SP1 MFC Security Update Redistributable Package (ia64) - {515643D1-4E9E-342F-A75A-D1F16448DC04}

<update date="11/19/2009"> Added information about the Visual C++ 2008 SP1 ATL Security Update product codes. </update>

<update date="11/7/2011"> Added information about the Visual C++ 2008 SP1 MFC Security Update product codes. </update>