Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable is a collection of runtime components and libraries provided by Microsoft to ensure that applications built using Microsoft Visual C++ programming language have access to the necessary resources and dependencies on a user’s computer. So lets delete them as they are no longer supported.

As older versions of Visual C++ are not needed anymore there is a quick way to detect and remediate these applications from end devices using Intune remediations.

Below is the script needed to detect and remediate the versions of Visual C++, you can change the Paths to the versions you need.

Detection script

#Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Detection script

$Cplusplus2005Installed = Test-Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{710f4c1c-cc18-4c49-8cbf-51240c89a1a2}'

if ($Cplusplus2005Installed -eq 'True') {
    Write-Host "C++ is installed"
    exit 1
    }
    else {
        #No remediation required    
        Write-Host "C++ 2005 is not installed"
        exit 0
    }  

catch {
    $errMsg = $_.Exception.Message
    Write-Error $errMsg
    exit 1
}

Remediation script

$x86RegistryPath = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{710f4c1c-cc18-4c49-8cbf-51240c89a1a2}'

# Function to uninstall a program based on its registry path
function Uninstall-Program {
    param(
        [string]$registryPath
    )

    # Check if the registry key exists
    if (Test-Path $registryPath) {
        Write-Host "Uninstalling Microsoft Visual C++ 2005..."

        # Get the uninstall string from the registry
        $uninstallString = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $registryPath).UninstallString

        # Execute the uninstallation command
        $arguments = "/C `"$uninstallString`" /quiet"
        Start-Process -FilePath cmd.exe -ArgumentList $arguments -Wait

        Write-Host "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 uninstalled successfully."
    } else {
        Write-Host "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 is not installed."
    }
}


# Check and uninstall x86 version
Uninstall-Program -registryPath $x86RegistryPath

The following Registry paths can be used for the uninstallation of Visual C++

Visual Studio C++ 2005 x64
HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{ad8a2fa1-06e7-4b0d-927d-6e54b3d31028}

Visual Studio C++ 2005 x86
HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{710f4c1c-cc18-4c49-8cbf-51240c89a1a2}

Visual Studio C++ 2008 x64 9.0.30729.6161
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{5FCE6D76-F5DC-37AB-B2B8-22AB8CEDB1D4}

Visual Studio C++ 2008 x86 9.0.30729.6161
SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{9BE518E6-ECC6-35A9-88E4-87755C07200F}

Visual Studio C++ 2008 x64 9.0.30729.17
HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{8220EEFE-38CD-377E-8595-13398D740ACE}

Visual Studio C++ 2008 x86 9.0.30729.17
HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{9A25302D-30C0-39D9-BD6F-21E6EC160475}

Visual Studio C++ 2010 x64
HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{1D8E6291-B0D5-35EC-8441-6616F567A0F7}

Visual Studio C++ 2010 x86
HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall{F0C3E5D1-1ADE-321E-8167-68EF0DE699A5}

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