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chippchopp May 1, 2020 @ 4:08am
Microsofr vc_redist files in disk C: main folder
Today i downloaded Deus Ex: Human Revolution (not director's cut) and after some time noticed that i now have some eula and vc_redist files in my disk C: root folder. Is it ok?
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PNB May 1, 2020 @ 10:51am 
Yes - you're safe. EULA = End User License Agreement, which you had to agree to in order to install your game. The other files are files needed by Windows and are installed automatically by microsoft as needed by them.
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Ryan Paul Fialcowitz Jun 4, 2020 @ 2:54pm 
Originally posted by Hhomeruss:
Yes - you're safe. EULA = End User License Agreement, which you had to agree to in order to install your game. The other files are files needed by Windows and are installed automatically by microsoft as needed by them.

They're put there during the installation of the game and not deleted afterwards. It's sloppy programming. Even more so when you consider Steam keeps a folder of all the redistributables. . .
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Laptop Jun 20, 2020 @ 2:24pm 
Originally posted by Ryan Paul Fialcowitz:
They're put there during the installation of the game and not deleted afterwards. It's sloppy programming. Even more so when you consider Steam keeps a folder of all the redistributables. . .
This came out in 2011, Steam client didn't have this "folder full of redists" feature until years later.
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Ryan Paul Fialcowitz Jun 20, 2020 @ 3:07pm 
Originally posted by Laptop:
Originally posted by Ryan Paul Fialcowitz:
They're put there during the installation of the game and not deleted afterwards. It's sloppy programming. Even more so when you consider Steam keeps a folder of all the redistributables. . .
This came out in 2011, Steam client didn't have this "folder full of redists" feature until years later.

True, but it doesn't negate the fact that dropping installation files on a potentially unrelated drive and not deleting them afterwards is sloppy programming.
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Laptop Jun 20, 2020 @ 3:08pm 
Originally posted by Ryan Paul Fialcowitz:
True, but it doesn't negate the fact that dropping installation files on a potentially unrelated drive and not deleting them afterwards is sloppy programming.
I agree, quite a few older games do this. All you can do is just delete the files afterward.
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