Glenn Stanton Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 one of the problems with the redistributables - there are variations in the top-level version in some of them depending on a patch level and any API choices the developer made... so, yes mostly 3rd parties but MS lately has been doing a lot of updates on Edge and Defender, and some OS stuff (both W10 and W11 - which i'm on now) and so i find spending the extra 10 minutes to re-run them just ensure that the ones i need are there... i'm much less concerned about some VR in Edge support for occulus products than i am my CW and Sketchup program... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnTuneTech Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 8 minutes ago, abacab said: More likely a 3rd party installer is responsible Yes, I would agree that is most likely too. -In fact, in my experience anyway, installers that force an installation of MS VC++ (to ensure that the required libraries are going to exist to match the software being installed) seem to somehow vary in their results, maybe it's a command line option they use? -Most of the time, there are no such ill effects when an older version is installed, but sometimes stuff like the things described in this thread happen. MS VC++ version issues occur, and are hard to pinpoint. I am not qualified to know enough about the exact programming, so I will stop there, but I will say that I have experienced this many times over the years, and I have set up a text log on my DAW systems over the years, and when I see the "installing MS VC++..." flash by on any driver or major component install, I make sure to log it, as that has come in very handy. -Repatching to the current library version is usually the fix if problems happen right after that, -for me anyway. I have had similar issues with dot net updates, which happen constantly with the monthly Windows Update cycle, but none I can recall caused problems with my DAW or audio drivers, -so far anyway! -True though, MS VC++ is usually only brought in by a 3rd party install, although compatibility with various Windows major versions & such always brings up additional issues wrinkles! -Now, I already have too many wrinkles, so again, I'd better stop here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatore Sorice Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Great info everyone! I was going nuts trying to remember when something very similar happened to me. Finally found it - here is my post - and the great answers - love this community! Probably worth a read. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/51642-sonitus-plugins-stop-working/ Mine ended up being caused by Focusrite as well, so I bet there are lots of folks out there that get stung by this, as Focusrite is pretty popular. Maybe a pinned forum document with details about what to look for and how to do the VC++ fix would be worth posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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