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Install all the Microsoft Visual Studio Redistributables

  • 11 September 2020
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Checks for a redistributable and if it is not there installs all the common ones. Especially useful if users do not have local admin



Evaluation Code



$regkey = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Dependencies\{050d4fc8-5d48-4b8f-8972-47c82c46020f}"

$name = "Version"

Get-ItemProperty -Path "$regkey" -Name "$name" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

If (($exists -ne $null) -and ($exists.Length -ne 0)) {

Exit 0

} else { Exit 1 }



Remediation Code:



#Set download URLs for the various installers

$vcredist_08 = "https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/D/8/5D8C65CB-C849-4025-8E95-C3966CAFD8AE/vcredist_x64.exe"

$vcredist_10 = "https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165255E7-1014-4D0A-B094-B6A430A6BFFC/vcredist_x64.exe"

$vcredist_12 = "https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/B/16B06F60-3B20-4FF2-B699-5E9B7962F9AE/VSU_4/vcredist_x64.exe"

$vcredist_13 = "https://download.microsoft.com/download/2/E/6/2E61CFA4-993B-4DD4-91DA-3737CD5CD6E3/vcredist_x64.exe"

$vcredist_1519 = "https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe"



#Download the installers

Invoke-WebRequest $vcredist_08 -OutFile $env:temp\vcredist_08.exe

Invoke-WebRequest $vcredist_10 -OutFile $env:temp\vcredist_10.exe

Invoke-WebRequest $vcredist_12 -OutFile $env:temp\vcredist_12.exe

Invoke-WebRequest $vcredist_13 -OutFile $env:temp\vcredist_13.exe

Invoke-WebRequest $vcredist_1519 -OutFile $env:temp\vcredist_1519.exe



#Install them All quietly/silently

Start-Process $env:temp\vcredist_08.exe -ArgumentList "/Q"

Start-Process $env:temp\vcredist_10.exe -ArgumentList "/quiet /norestart"

Start-Process $env:temp\vcredist_12.exe -ArgumentList "/install /quiet /norestart"

Start-Process $env:temp\vcredist_13.exe -ArgumentList "/install /quiet /norestart"

Start-Process $env:temp\vcredist_1519.exe -ArgumentList "/install /quiet /norestart"

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