Here’s an interesting write-up on the — not just the usual “what it is,” but why it still matters, what’s weird about it, and how it behaves differently from other VC++ redist versions.
You often need both the x86 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit) versions of the 2010 Redistributable installed simultaneously to support different types of applications. Common Errors and Troubleshooting c++ redistributable 2010
A game built in 2010 requires the 2010 runtime specifically; it cannot simply use the 2022 version. Here’s an interesting write-up on the — not
This is self-explanatory. You are trying to install an older version on top of a newer one (e.g., trying to install the 2010 Original Release when you already have 2010 SP1). This is self-explanatory
Software developers write code. To make that code run on your computer, they use a "library" of pre-written functions. Instead of including these massive libraries in every single program you download (which would make files huge), they rely on a shared package installed on your Windows system. That shared package is the Redistributable .