Use MS own page about it, Steam do not update VC++ because MS make updates they follow Games devs VC++ when they made the game.

So technicaly you can install a old VC++ from the past thats outdate from game devs, and MS made correction along time ago.

MS own VC++ support page.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

ps.
Not sure being nice here help, then steam user keep doing this.

I and other have seen multi odd behavier also from the pst, with 2 install VC++ that can effect game odd behavier, and other corrupted VC++ issue.

I guess it depend how experience PC user you are, you can find steam user reply with i dont have a issue,because they actual have a new game installed that use newest VC++ so they dont know yuor problem, good luck with not have PC update and its thirdpart driver + own OS and other drivers, they all matter depend how you look at it.

This is know as cause and effect or ripple effect, no such things anymore with dont fix it if it aient broken, that was mecanical age, PC and its software require updates, this is well know among all, even when they scre a driver up, you cant avoid not to update,

And write game devs about is almost hopeless, they are clueless, they ues thirdpart app in how games run that dont mean they know whats the diffrence in them.

So yes steam and game devs is useless here.

all this was learn from 2015 to 2017 2019+ , now game seem stable again after they use MS newest VC++ ( also depedn on game some use older VC++, this is not that simple to explan.

If yuo are tired of manual DL and install use Techpowers All-IN-One VC++ installmanet scripts

https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistributable-runtime-package-all-in-one/

Originally posted by JeffMakesGames:

For some reason, this download or update isn't working.

It downloads up to a point, then just stops?

It's stuck at 26% (135.5mb downloaded and it won't go any further...)

Are you on Win7 or Win8.1?

Originally posted by Ettanin:

Originally posted by JeffMakesGames:

For some reason, this download or update isn't working.

It downloads up to a point, then just stops?

It's stuck at 26% (135.5mb downloaded and it won't go any further...)

Are you on Win7 or Win8.1?

I still use Windows 7. I do have future plans to get Windows 11 but I have to order new hardware to even support it.

As of May 21st, 2025, Valve has updated their compression algorithm to be more CPU and I/O efficient.
This change is not compatible with old clients that could still run on Windows 7 or 8.1 and future content changes will be made using this compression algorithm, resulting in a loss of access to downloads and updates.

As Valve has ended support for Windows 7 and 8.1 since January 1st, 2024, and therefore won't update their client for the use of Windows 7 and 8.1, your officially supported options are:
* Upgrade to Windows 10 (End of Life by October 2025 unless enrolled into ESU)
* Upgrade to Windows 11
* Install Linux Mint and play Windows only games using Proton

Thanks Ettanin, that is very helpful! It explains why I can no longer download game updates using my fairly old Linux Steam client. I will uninstall rather than update the client software since recent versions have system requirements I find unacceptable.