Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package is released to the web

VCRedist.exe can now be downloaded from the Microsoft site. This package contains VS2005 RTM versions of all VC libraries – OpenMP, MFC, ATL, CRT, MSDIA. It installs and registers all them. Side-by-side assemblies such as MFC, CRT, MFC LOC and ATL are installed into a shared location (%SYSTEMROOT%\WinSxS). The package can be used by VC developers for redistributing VC++ libraries with their applications.

This package is the easiest way to get an application built with VC++ Express to run on a computer that does not have VC++ 2005 Express installed. However, remember that VCRedist installs all VC redistributable libraries. If, for example, your app depends only on CRT, you may just package CRT MSMs with install for your application or use unrolled CRT assembly from \vc\redist folder per described in https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235299(VS.80).aspx. In this way your installation package is smaller in size and you are not wasting space on target computers by deploying all VC libs with vcredist.exe, not just ones used by your application.

Below you may find links from where one can download the package.

English:

X86 –

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=en

X64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=90548130-4468-4BBC-9673-D6ACABD5D13B&displaylang=en

IA64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=526BF4A7-44E6-4A91-B328-A4594ADB70E5&displaylang=en

Japanese:

X86 –

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=ja

X64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=90548130-4468-4BBC-9673-D6ACABD5D13B&displaylang=ja

IA64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=526BF4A7-44E6-4A91-B328-A4594ADB70E5&displaylang=ja

Chinese (Simplified):

X86 –

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=zh-cn

X64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=90548130-4468-4BBC-9673-D6ACABD5D13B&displaylang=zh-cn

IA64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=526BF4A7-44E6-4A91-B328-A4594ADB70E5&displaylang=zh-cn

Chinese (Traditional):

X86 –

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=zh-tw

X64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=90548130-4468-4BBC-9673-D6ACABD5D13B&displaylang=zh-tw

IA64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=526BF4A7-44E6-4A91-B328-A4594ADB70E5&displaylang=zh-tw

French:

X86 –

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=fr

X64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=90548130-4468-4BBC-9673-D6ACABD5D13B&displaylang=fr

IA64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=526BF4A7-44E6-4A91-B328-A4594ADB70E5&displaylang=fr

German:

X86 –

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=de

X64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=90548130-4468-4BBC-9673-D6ACABD5D13B&displaylang=de

IA64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=526BF4A7-44E6-4A91-B328-A4594ADB70E5&displaylang=de

Italian:

X86 –

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=it

X64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=90548130-4468-4BBC-9673-D6ACABD5D13B&displaylang=it

IA64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=526BF4A7-44E6-4A91-B328-A4594ADB70E5&displaylang=it

Korean:

X86 –

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=ko

X64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=90548130-4468-4BBC-9673-D6ACABD5D13B&displaylang=ko

IA64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=526BF4A7-44E6-4A91-B328-A4594ADB70E5&displaylang=ko

Spanish:

X86 –

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=es

X64 - https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=90548130-4468-4BBC-9673-D6ACABD5D13B&displaylang=es

IA64 -

https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=526BF4A7-44E6-4A91-B328-A4594ADB70E5&displaylang=es