[SOLVED] Help! I need to keep an older version of visual studio!

[ftpkmarcelo]

Hi, I'm experiencing issue with visual studio, there is a software i use the most and it needs visual studio c++ 2015 - 14.0.24212 to run, after i uninstal all newer versions i intall it, then i realize some other programs needed microsoft visual studio 2017, but when i install it, that version automatically uninstall the 2015 version i need, so how can i keep that older version and intall microsoft c++ 2017? i tried using the 2015 -2019 package from microsoft but that does not work with the software i use, it just crashes and i need that specific version of c++2015 to run it, so is there a way to install the newer version but avoiding that installer to uninstall older versions?

 

[rgd1101]

are you talking the software development ide or the runtime?

 

[ftpkmarcelo]

runtime i guess is the software that other programs need to run. microsoft c++ redistributable

 

[rgd1101]

need one wouldn't delete the old one.
where did you get the installation from?

 

[Alabalcho]

What you're talking about is the "Redistributable", and you can have all versions installed (I have all 2008, 2010, etc, in both x86 and x64 flavors). You don't have to install Visual Studio to get these.