This article helps you resolve the problem that VCredist installs files in the root directory instead of the temp directory. Original product version: Visual Studio 2008 Original KB number: 950683 Symptoms When you install the Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (VCRedist_x86.exe, VCRedist_x64.exe, VCRedist_ia64.exe) for Visual Studio 2008 RTM, the following files are generated on the root