msdia80.dll on my C Drive


  1. Wandering Flame
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    msdia80.dll on my C Drive


    What is this thing? And more importantly...can I move it to where I want? I wasn't exactly planning on deleting it...

    I read that the RIGHT place for this thing was program files (x64 or x86)/common files/microsoft shared/VC...

    ...yet this thing was exactly in this location: C:/...right in my C drive.

    So...I moved it to the location where the VC folder is.

    Did I do something terrible?
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  3. Crispy
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    This will clear things for you: The Msdia80.dll file is installed in the root folder of the boot drive when you install the Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package by using the Vcredist_x64.exe file or the Vcredist_ia64.exe file
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  4. Wandering Flame
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    Yeah that is the thing I read..question is...which "program file" folder? The one that is program file x86 or program files x64?
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  6. severedsolo
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    64 bit one, that guide Crispy posted is specifically for 64 bit windows and says to put it in Program Files NOT Program Files X86
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  7. Wandering Flame
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    ROFL and would anyone have guessed...that this is something I did before even reading that I should put it there (in the x64) it had one called msdia90.dll...so I said why not...let's put msdia80.dll there as well
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  8. Spira
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    A bit Late response but actually according to this information you can delete it: Msdia80.dll/Msdia90.dll
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