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I have a VS2005 solution that contains a setup &amp;&nbsp;deployment project....as part of my setup &amp;&nbsp;deploy project, I have the VC++ redistributable package selected as a pre-requisite. The install wizard works fine, but the only annoyance I have is, every time I run the setup wizard, the VC++ redistributable is also installed. &nbsp;<br />
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Is there a custom action or launch condition that I can set in my project to check and see if the VC++ redistributable is already installed on the machine, if so skip it?<br />
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Thanks
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I have a VS2005 solution that contains a setup & deployment project....as part of my setup & deploy project, I have the VC++ redistributable package selected as a pre-requisite. The install wizard works fine, but the only annoyance I have is, every time I run the setup wizard, the VC++ redistributable is also installed.  

Is there a custom action or launch condition that I can set in my project to check and see if the VC++ redistributable is already installed on the machine, if so skip it?

Thanks

VS2005 Setup and Deployment Project

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