CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user236520
user236520

Reputation:

How do I efficiently locate a merge module for this MS patch

Microsoft have published this patch:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2051a0c1-c9b5-4b0a-a8f5-770a549fd78c

Where can I find the merge module for this (if any). Is there a standard location I should look in to find these things?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 156

Answers (2)

Alexey Ivanov
Alexey Ivanov

Reputation: 11878

Install this update to your Visual Studio 2008 SP1, it will update the corresponding merge modules to the versions of the runtime delivered in the update you link to. The merge modules are in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules.

The updates you link to are intended for the end-users, not developers, hence they don't contain the merge modules. The updates to the Visual Studio, on the other side, do contain the updated merge modules because they target developers.

Upvotes: 1

ewall
ewall

Reputation: 28110

Microsoft has released very, very few merge modules... and none that work like a Windows Update patch, because their patches generally use different guts than Windows Installer. So, unfortunately, I highly doubt you'll find one.

And I wouldn't recommend trying to make this patch into a merge module. Instead, you could create your own simple scripted install for both the redistributable and then the patch with a command-line like patch.exe /quiet /passive /norestart /o /n /f > patch.log -- see KB article #262841 for more details.

Upvotes: 0

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