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Following problem: I'm implementing a WIX installer project checking if the C++ VS2015 (x86) redist package is installed. I've found this stackoverflow link describing the different registry keys for different Visual Studio versions. Actually we're using "Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86) - 14.0.23026". These package can be found under following registry key: 

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Dependencies\{74d0e5db-b326-4dae-a6b2-445b9de1836e}

This stackoverflow link states following registry entry for the redist package:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86) - 14.0.24215 Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Dependencies{e2803110-78b3-4664-a479-3611a381656a} Configuration: x86 Version: 14.0.24215.1

As can be seen the GUIDs are different.

Question: Does somebody know where I can download a specific version of a redist package? Via Google I only found links pointing to the most actual redist package.

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First of all - you can avoid the whole GUIDs mess using the following registry key path:

'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\VC\Runtimes\x86' and read the 'Version' key.

About the download part - I did not find a good solution to download the x86 version.

In theory you could get the latest version link by extraction it from the source of the following page 'https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=48145' (Simply linking\downloading it will download the 64 bit version on 64 bit machine and will not allow the 64 or 86 choice)

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