msdia80.dll on my C Drive

[Wandering Flame]

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?

 

[Crispy]

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

 

[Wandering Flame]

Yeah that is the thing I read..question is...which "program file" folder? The one that is program file x86 or program files x64?

 

[severedsolo]

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

 

[Wandering Flame]

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

 

[Spira]

A bit Late response but actually according to this information you can delete it: Msdia80.dll/Msdia90.dll