{"id":16292,"date":"2024-11-12T14:27:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=16292"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:27:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:27:21","slug":"virtualbox-visual-cplusplus-redis-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2024\/virtualbox-visual-cplusplus-redis-error\/","title":{"rendered":"VirtualBox Visual C++ Redistributable Error"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Windows version<\/strong> of the early <strong>VirtualBox 7.x.x installers<\/strong> no longer include the <strong><em>Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable Package<\/em><\/strong> as part of the installer.  This is due to a license change by Microsoft that changes how this can be packaged with other software.  It is expected that Oracle will release an updated Windows VirtualBox installer soon that provides the package again in the format required by the license.  Until then, if you get this error (see image below), you can manually download and install the Microsoft package.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/virtualbox-ms-visual-cplusplus-error.png\" alt=\"Visual C++ Redistributable Error\" width=\"359\" height=\"229\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/virtualbox-ms-visual-cplusplus-error.png 359w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/virtualbox-ms-visual-cplusplus-error-240x153.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/virtualbox-ms-visual-cplusplus-error-160x102.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable Package<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/cpp\/windows\/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170\" title=\"MS Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable Package Download\">Click here for download page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the above page, make sure to download the 64-bit version as indicated in the image below:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/visual-cplusplus-download.png\" alt=\"Visual C++ Redistributable Download\" width=\"873\" height=\"231\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/visual-cplusplus-download.png 873w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/visual-cplusplus-download-240x64.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/visual-cplusplus-download-400x106.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/visual-cplusplus-download-160x42.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/visual-cplusplus-download-768x203.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/visual-cplusplus-download-360x95.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Some students have reported that they had to restart their computer after installing the <em>Visual C++ Redistributable package<\/em>, and THEN perform the VirtualBox installation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Windows version of the early VirtualBox 7.x.x installers no longer include the Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable Package as part of the installer. 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