Many enterprise applications, specialized industrial software, and even some beloved video games (like early titles from the Call of Duty or Mass Effect franchises) were compiled using Visual Studio 2008. They are hardcoded to look for the specific DLL versions provided by this package.
Understanding the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64) Many enterprise applications
The Missing Bridge
Note: Microsoft ended extended support for Visual Studio 2008 quite some time ago. The "updated" version usually refers to the ATL Security Update release. specialized industrial software
