Before installing, close any games, development environments (like Visual Studio), browsers, and heavy applications. This prevents file conflicts during the installation process.
For stability, it is okay to have both packages listed in your Control Panel, but you do not need to keep the older 2015-2019 package once the 2022 version is installed. close any games
: Locate vc_redist.x64.exe within your downloads folder, right-click the file, and choose Run as administrator . development environments (like Visual Studio)