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SCCM Script – Visual C++ Redistributable updater

While windows update will update the VCRedist packages you have installed it will not remove the old versions. Here is a script that can be used from the SCCM scripts section. To create approve and add SCCM Scripts see this post. The script will first check to see if chocolatey is installed and will attempt to install it if not found. After that as long as chocolatey was installed successfully it will move on to looking for installs of VCRedist and will uninstall all versions found and use chocolatey to install the latest version (it will install both x64 and x86). See comments in code for a few details like where you can add or remove versions to look for.

#Start checking for Chocolatey
try {
	invoke-command -scriptblock {choco} -erroraction stop
    write-host "Has Choco. all is good!"
    $Choco_installed = $true
}

catch {
	Write-Host "Needs Choco.  Trying install..." 
	try {
		invoke-command -scriptblock {Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; Invoke-Expression ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))} -ErrorAction Stop
        $Choco_installed = $true
    }
	catch {
        write-host "Install Failed"
        $Choco_installed = $false
	}
		
}
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -force;


#Checks to see if the above was successful
if ($Choco_installed -eq $true) {
    #this is where you can set the versions of VCRedist to look for
    $VCredistVersions = @()
    $VCredistVersions = (
        "2005",
        "2008",
        "2010",
        "2013",
        "2015",
        "2019"
    )

#Loop through each version
    foreach ($Version in $VCredistVersions) {
        if (get-wmiobject -Class Win32_Product| where {$_.name -like "*Microsoft Visual C++ $Version Redistributable*"}| select name,localpackage) {
            Write-Host "Found Microsoft Visual C++ $version Redistributable.  Removing old versions and installing latest..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
            $Packages = get-wmiobject -Class Win32_Product| where {$_.name -like "*Microsoft Visual C++ $Version Redistributable*"}| select name,localpackage -ErrorAction Stop
                    foreach ($Package in $Packages) {
                        $packagename = $Package.localpackage    
#Run the actual uninstall                        
cmd.exe /c "msiexec /x $packagename /qn"
                        Write-Host "Successfully uninstalled $packagename!" -ForegroundColor Green
                    }
                    #Install latest version
                    choco update vcredist$version -y -f
        } 
    }
}

My name is Skylar Pearce, I have been working as a System Administror since 2013 as well some side consulting work. During my career I have worked with everything from Active Directory and vCenter to configuring routers and switches and phone systems, documenting and scripting my way through the whole thing. I have a Security+ certification and am currently working on my PenTest+. Throughout my career I have gained almost all of my knowledge from blogs like this. It is now time for me to pay it back. Over time I have gathered scripts and tricks over the years that I will share on this site. A lot of the posts here will be mainly reference posts, some will be full on how to’s. I am happy to go into more depth on any other topics I go over here, just make a comment on a post. I will do my best to post once a day on weekdays but as I run out of ideas it may slow down. My WordPress skills are still growing so the site will likely get better over time as I learn. You can reach me at contact@allthesystems.com or on LinkedIn