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I need to know the direct download url for KB 2670838 for my installer. I could ask for the question of "where is it?" but rather I would like to know "how are people finding it?"

There are questions such as this or this where people know exactly where the download links are rather than support.microsoft.com redirect urls.

May I ask for your wisdom?

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Shintaro Takechi
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For updates that would be installed with the Windows Update mechanism, you can write code to check for a specific update and install it, as here:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa387101(v=vs.85).aspx

Runtimes like the C++ runtimes are often distributed with install packages and installed as prerequisites. IMO it's a waste of time (and unreliable) to try to find out if a specific version is installed - just run the redistributable exe for the one you need and it will do the right checks and install if necessary.

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  • Thanks Phil. The reason I need specific url is because I am creating a installer and sometimes would like to install both x64 and x86 version of the redistributor without bothering any clicks from the installing user. I would like to just get the redistributable exe and call it good but since Microsoft does not supply command line argument that lets me install both of those I have to resolve my concern by getting the actual individual exe. – Shintaro Takechi Aug 03 '16 at 18:37