Direct link to VC++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable from custom installer

Question

I have installer that contains vcredist_x86.exe / vcredist_x64.exe so if user machine does not have VC++ redistributable installed then I install it.

However, the size of vcredist_x86.exe / vcredist_x64.exe is quite large ~5MB, which may be a problem for a small application.

Is there a direct (and permanent) link to Microsoft site that I could use instead of adding vcredist files to my installer?

Or may be there is even better way to solve such problem?

P.S. I am aware that user machine would have to be online - this is OK.

Answer 1

Here are the direct links for MSVC 2010 redists:

MSVC 2010 SP1 Redist x86 English http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/6/D/C6D0FD4E-9E53-4897-9B91-836EBA2AACD3/vcredist_x86.exe

MSVC 2010 SP1 Redist x64 English http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/8/0/A80747C3-41BD-45DF-B505-E9710D2744E0/vcredist_x64.exe

As you can see from those URLs, Microsoft is using UUIDs to index all their downloads, which looks like a good design decision and suggests that those links are indeed going to remain valid for a long time.