title: Do I still need to install Microsoft VC++ 2015 runtime redistributable if I already have Microsoft VC++ 2017 runtime installed?
body: <p>From what I <a href="https://superuser.com/a/1198856/522">read about</a> <a href="https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/14701/visual-c-redistributable-for-visual-studio-2015-ca.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">these posting</a> and elsewhere, regarding the issue of why <strong>I cannot install Microsoft VC++ 2015 runtime redistributable if I already have Microsoft VC++ 2017 runtime installed.</strong></p>
  
  <p>The reason for this "cannot install" is because once you have Microsoft VC++ 2017 installed, there is <strong>no need</strong> to install 2015 version,as 2017 subsume 2015. Am I right?</p>
  
  <p>Secondly, and more crucially, from now onwards if I have a higher version of Microsoft VC++ installed, I can safely skip the lower version, this is going to be Microsoft strategy: <strong>going forward there is only one version of Microsoft VC++ ( the latest one)</strong>. Am I right? I remember I read this elsewhere, but not sure my understanding is correct or not, and now I couldn't find the blog post. So I hope that I can get some confirmation here.    </p>