Fans of modern games and programs for processing multimedia content know that for their correct functioning in the system a special Visual C ++ Redistributable platform must be installed. But why, during the installation of the program or the platform itself, does an unidentified Windows 7 error 0x80240017 Visual C ++ occur ? Surely, almost no one knows anything about the causes of such a failure, nevertheless, there are several solutions to eliminate this problem. They are invited to consider.
How to fix error 0x80240017 when installing Visual C ++ by installing a service pack?
To begin the elimination of the problem, it is necessary to check the system for its version. The fact is that without a special update in the form of a service pack (SP1 for Windows 7), the installer can cause unexpected failures. You can check for its presence through the properties of the computer, where the system version will be indicated in the window on the right.
If the service pack is not in the name, it must be downloaded from the appropriate section on the Microsoft website, integrated into the system, and then reinstall the application using this platform. It is doubtful, however, that there will be no service pack on the computer. During installation, sometimes the installer itself displays a message that the program will not work without it. However, there are all kinds of situations.
Disabling unnecessary startup items
Oddly enough, the problems with installing Microsoft Visual C ++, strangely enough, can be associated with a large number of elements, programs and services loaded with the operating system. They are usually located at startup, and they need to be disabled.
To access the auto start section, you first need to call the Run console (Win + R) and set the msconfig command (access to the system configuration) in it.
Here you need to go to the startup tab, check the box for hiding Microsoft services and disable all remaining items in the list. Only one component should not be touched. This is the ctfmon service. She is responsible for displaying the language bar in the system tray. If you disable this process, the panel will disappear. When saving the changed options, the system will prompt you to reboot. We must agree with this, and after restarting, try to install the necessary software again.
Windows 7: Unidentified Error 0x80240017 Visual C ++. System update
Sometimes you can meet a situation where a failure appears due to the fact that the latest updates are not installed in the system. Unrecognized Windows 7 error 0x80240017 Visual C ++ may be caused by the absence of the installed KB2999226 service pack.
To fix the failure, go to the "Update Center" and set a manual search for updates. Of all that will be found, first of all install this particular package (the rest can be added to a special list, which will be ignored in the future, but only if you are sure that you do not need the rest of the updates).
If the specified package is not found in the search results, you can eliminate the unidentified Windows 7 0x80240017 Visual C ++ error by manually downloading the necessary component from the official Internet resource of the corporation. In the download updates section, it is definitely there.
Clean Platform Installation
Finally, another solution is to initially remove the platform itself. But only in the section of programs and components there can be several of them, since different programs and games can use different versions of the platform itself.
Remove the one that during the installation process generates an unidentified Windows 7 0x80240017 Visual C ++ error, and then try to reinstall the desired program again. If this does not work, download the installer of the required version from the Microsoft website and install the platform yourself. After that, install the program that uses this version of the platform (there should definitely not be any problems during the installation).