windowsvisual-studioregistryvisual-studio-2013redistributable

How to determine if the 32-bit Visual Studio 2013 redistributable is installed on a user's machine reliably via the Registry?


I am using DeployMaster to build an installer for a 32-bit Windows application written in C++ using Qt.

The executable depends on the Visual Studio 2013 redistributable - i.e., the 32-bit Visual Studio 2013 redistributable must be installed by the end user, prior to running this application.

I have googled, and looked at other StackOverflow questions. In particular, this link provides the exact Registry key to check, but for the case of VS 2008.

I need VS 2013, not VS 2008.

However, ideally it will be a reliable registry check - not a programmatic solution - because I can easily check a registry key with a DeployMaster installer. (If the system is determined to not have the redistributable installed, it's also easy to have the DeployMaster installer kick off the installer.)

Does anybody know a reliable method, preferably using a Registry key, that allows to make it possible to determine if the 32-bit VS 2013 redistributable is installed on an end-user's machine?


Solution

  • The key you need is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\DevDiv\vc\Servicing\12.0\RuntimeMinimum.