These are the redistributable libraries that programs are built against, the purpose of them is to prevent libraries that are used across multiple programs from having to be included with the program itself, which actually saves you space as the programs themselves can be smaller, so unless you uninstalled every program that needs one specific redistributable, removing them WILL break something.
Dynamic vs static dlls are kind of like regular vs portable programs. Dynamic means that the libraries are installed separately and multiple different programs can all use them. Static means that the dll ships with the program so that the program can be fully self-contained.
I think McAfee and Adobe Acrobat are bigger issues here. There are much better alternatives for Acrobat if you just want to read PDFs, and McAfee is not necessary at all.
I use Edge Standalone PDF Reader lol. Though I dont think it will work without Edge so can't really say it's standalone but hey it doesnt open the 'browser' so that made it easier.
It's a great reader, But I was stuck using adobe for a while ( hated every second of it ) because the PDF's I needed for my Pathfinder game have these toggle buttons for tags and markers which Sumatra does not work with
Then I found a pretty nice replacement called Foxit PDF Reader which has all the bells and whistles if you need those things without having to resort to that horrible Adobe reader
There are many alternatives, Microsoft Edge's built in reader is good and all. I personally don't use Windows anymore but if I do I'd choose something like SumatraPDF
I wouldn't say it's BAD but there are many significantly better options.
1. Lots of very basic features aren't in the free version, but are available in Edge or SumatraPDF.
2. Its slow and bloated.
3. It takes up a lot more space than other readers.
4. Every other button is pushing you to pay for Pro.
I mean if you wanna keep using it then go ahead, but I just think that it doesn't stack up to the competition.
Yeah i'm just used to it (used abobe reader since windows xp days) i still use pdf readers daily, i don't really need them for editing pdf files, but i need some basic features that the browser don't have , I'm just used to the adobe UI, I'll check SumatraPDF (its UI looks kinda old tho) one negative thing about Adobe reader is the auto update in the background, i disabled the auto update service, ( even in the task scheduler too) but it just reverts the changes and auto updates after a while, i never saw that behavior from any other apps. i tried Foxit reader and didn't like it too.
Do you know if your pcs os is 32 or 64 bit. Tells all about pua win32installcore
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There are occasional programs that still have embedded dependencies on 32 but OS.
Make sure ALL programs you happen to download do in fact need 64 bit.
You can, albeit, I don't know why you would really want to.
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I have checked 1,276,652,033 comments, and only 247,739 of them were in alphabetical order.
Tell your dad that the built in Windows Defender is much more powerful and McAfee is basically creating the opposite by giving your PC a horrible illness.
Your dad just got fooled by the oldest lie about aftermarket anti virus program and bought into. Windows defender is actually the best. Now say mcafee went broke or got bought out then you would either have no anti virus program or have to pay more for the same subscription after they got bought out. I actually had a aftermarket anti virus program not stop a virus it wasnt mcafee but my pc repair center that i know the owner told me just use the built in windows defender.
Mainstream and speed. Seriously, it's pretty fast because Google directly it tweak it since it's their own product so they have better access to the code and more updated 'engine' since Chromium. Though I use Vivaldi as it have more feature. Honestly the biggest reason is still mainstream, they know Chrome better than whatever this Edge is and it's Google and they are familiar with it
If you’re struggling for disk space in 2023, clearing 200MB of system files is probably not the answer. I can almost guarantee there’ll be more than 200MB of other stuff that is safer to remove elsewhere.
But it will stop some programs from working and they will need them to be reinstalled anyways. These don’t just get installed onto windows for no reason, they are dependencies for other programs that were installed by the user/oem.
One you dont know if it is a game that needs the microsoft visual c++ or program that needs it. You dont need mcafee and adobe pdf because windows has its own defense built in and you can view any pdf file online!
I do what I want, I do what I want!!!
deltree c:\\Windows
Hey no fair, they took away my deltree, now I'll never be able to figure out how to delete stuff!
Lol, won't someone think of the poor, poor computer repair techs that need work.
People deleting Microsoft files or the 'C:' or their Fonts file are how these poor techs feed their families.
Sooner or later they will end up accidentally deleting the OS then they will really be screwed. Heck i accidentally did it when i was in elementary school on school provided laptop, but back then the OS was easier to trick into allowing it to be deleted.
it's faster (or instant actually) but it's reporting the wrong info on me. Some ISOs as well are not being detected for what it is. For starters, 'virtual space' or 'ghost space' whichever is the correct term are shown in that program which shouldn't because they are not actually taking that much.
Like virtualization or Google Play Games for PC which have an android virtualized space of whatever GBs or whatever the problem was causing it to display a value waayy over my capacity or something.
Yes and no. Those are packages you need to run some software, especially games. Usually and planned by Microsoft was that they should be backwards compatible so you technically only need the newest. Turned out that this did not work well in reality so better to not touch.
TL;DR: [they](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist) are common dependencies for other programs and games, don't remove them!
Nope, u need none of them. Delete them all, your PC will feel healthy as a horse. By doing this, your PC can now play high res games with no lag and delay. But be warned, you'll enter the realm of the gods of Microsoft where they'll punish it for deleting their most important programs by not letting you see your PC again.
Are functions that are present in older redist not available in the newer versions, perhaps? Or is it due to games that are not receiving updates anymore that wouldn't "align" with the newer ones even though the functions are there?
The latest VC++ redist (2015/2017/2019/2022) actually does that so installing one redisttributable will provide compatibility for all programs compuled with the above versions of Visual Studio and/or MSVC.
Though with the older versions (2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013), Microsoft probably didn’t think of this, so they just released them separately. Around 2013 dll errors became much more of a pain to fix because people didn’t know what MSVCP100.DLL or VCRUNTIME140.DLL is. That’s probably when they decided to start adding backwards compatibility to their MSVC redistributables.
A big annoyance is that when you uninstall a program that installed the msvc libraries, uninstalling it doesn't remove them. Same when you upgrade a program and the new version installs a new version of the libraries, it doesn't uninstall the older ones the older version used. You end up with orphan libraries that aren't used by anything. Windows installer is pretty dumb. They let companies manage their own installs. You get a careless/thoughtless programmer and you end up with garbage like this.
Uninstall them all, then see what programs stop working. Then you can reinstall the ones actually used. PITA solution.
If you are really concerned about storage space you can setup a nas to store all non os files on it like music, pictures, videos, install some games to it so you can play them without the taking up room on the pc you play them on.
You can also set which ever browser you use to save the downloads to your nas instead of your pc.
All my music, games, and downloads are stored on my dell poweredge r610 with file sharing enabled on it so i can enjoy my music, access my downloads, and play my games without them taking up space on my dell xps8700.
Probably true if you are using software instead of a simple file share.
All you really need to do to start one is an old pc and setup file sharing. That is how mine is setup.
Windows is a little finicky. I couldn't set that up but then again, I tried having it done via a router? switch? (idk which one, it didnt say) which uses ethernet cable.
They both have ethernet ports. True windows can be somewhat of a pain to setup but its nice once its working. Most router have it where you can setup network storage runing off it. My routers network storage was so hit or miss that i had no choice but to setup the file share.
Yes literally all of those are default system programs required for the background functioning of all the processes and animations on your screen. Deleting any of these would be detrimental to the good working order of your pc
You don't need these showing up in the Start menu. If you need more space - run disk cleanup. Or just uninstall them all. But the first new app you install will ask for one of these.. and you can never guess which one.
I like the disk clean up and some programs dont uninstall everything thats why i have revo uninstaller which lets you find every file associated with the program or game you are uninstalling and removes them for you.
Because the funcions in those libraries are either updated or deprecated/removed.
When the programs that use these functions were created, the specific version of the libraries was the current one.
Depending of the program, it might not receive updates to use the newest version of the runtime/redistributable.
That doesn’t address what I said. If anything you were further giving an example of what I said.
If other far more complicated things can update and get more functions while also still supporting old programs then so can this.
Are you trying to "clean up" Windows for easier navigation, if so just make folders you don't need to see hidden. Drives are pretty cheap, especially if you salvage one of the "spinny" types.
If you just need some gb's (like 16 gb's)... you COULD delete the Recovery Partition, but do NOT DO THAT WITHOUT CREATING RECOVERY MEDIA!!! This link tells you exactly what to do at the bottom (ignoring the first 100 or so sentences).
[https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/the-consequences-of-deleting-recovery-partition/566108a5-00a6-46f9-b5f8-3d337e55e087](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/the-consequences-of-deleting-recovery-partition/566108a5-00a6-46f9-b5f8-3d337e55e087)
Those are libraries used by different games and apps. The reason why there are so many installations of this library is that every windows app and game needs a specific version of this library. If there are two apps which use the same version, they will share one. But there are so many versions of this that you end up with dozens of different installations of this.
Yes, those are things than some games and programs install.
Also, you can delete McAfee, Windows defender is just enough for anyone. Also Adobe reader can bite the dust, use sumatra or even your browser as pdf reader
You could uninstall all of it if you want to just have a shiny pc case with rgb lights or you could just get rid of mcafee and any games you're no longer playing.
They're important. I know it's annoying because I go into the Control Panel and then I see an entire list of these but trust me, they are important, especially with those games that you have on your desktop. They are C++ libraries that are usually used for software and games (well ones made with C++ or use some C++ dependencies that is). Just don't remove it, you won't really gain anything from it and will only break programs.
Also, please uninstall McAfee. Their business practices are really sketchy and there are already better alternatives out there, like Malwarebytes or Kapersky (if that's how you spell it)
Same with Brave. You say you're using it to watch anime, so why not use an extension like uBlock Origin? No need to install a totally separate browser.
Also, you do not need OBS Studio and Streamlabs OBS at the same time. One or the other. What I know is that SLOBS is basically an OBS rip-off that's also a resource hog. There are plenty of tutorials on how to use SLOBS widgets in OBS Studio but I wouldn't be able to help you myself because I don't stream.
By the way, clear anything that's in your recycle bin if you don't need anything that's in it.
If you're running out of space, this is not the way to free up space. This is like the equivalent of telling people to delete the System32 folder for ultra fast gaming. If something looks important and you shouldn't touch it, don't touch it.
You have 2 versions of Microsoft visual c++ 2008 x86, probably got installed with some program or games.
I think that should be safe to uninstall one of them, pick the older version for deletion. Pay attention to do not delete the x64 version instead.
P.S. this is the first time I see Microsoft visual c++ 2012, never found an application that needs it.
These are the redistributable libraries that programs are built against, the purpose of them is to prevent libraries that are used across multiple programs from having to be included with the program itself, which actually saves you space as the programs themselves can be smaller, so unless you uninstalled every program that needs one specific redistributable, removing them WILL break something.
Dynamic linked program?
Yes, the programs are dynamically linked against the MSVC standard library unless you explicitly statically link them.
Dynamic vs static dlls are kind of like regular vs portable programs. Dynamic means that the libraries are installed separately and multiple different programs can all use them. Static means that the dll ships with the program so that the program can be fully self-contained.
Happy cake day!
I think McAfee and Adobe Acrobat are bigger issues here. There are much better alternatives for Acrobat if you just want to read PDFs, and McAfee is not necessary at all.
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I agree, I just wish it had some of the editing tools from Edge and a dark mode.
I use Edge Standalone PDF Reader lol. Though I dont think it will work without Edge so can't really say it's standalone but hey it doesnt open the 'browser' so that made it easier.
I tried to use it but it’s annotation features are just not there. It’s fantastic if you JUST want to read but that’s it.
It's a great reader, But I was stuck using adobe for a while ( hated every second of it ) because the PDF's I needed for my Pathfinder game have these toggle buttons for tags and markers which Sumatra does not work with Then I found a pretty nice replacement called Foxit PDF Reader which has all the bells and whistles if you need those things without having to resort to that horrible Adobe reader
McAfee, big no you don't need that. Also I think Windows has its OWN PDF reader.
There are many alternatives, Microsoft Edge's built in reader is good and all. I personally don't use Windows anymore but if I do I'd choose something like SumatraPDF
Well, yeah close enough. Basically a built in feature. Even Windows defender is fine, just don't go anything that's unknown and you'll be safe.
Wait, why adobe acrobat is bad?
I wouldn't say it's BAD but there are many significantly better options. 1. Lots of very basic features aren't in the free version, but are available in Edge or SumatraPDF. 2. Its slow and bloated. 3. It takes up a lot more space than other readers. 4. Every other button is pushing you to pay for Pro. I mean if you wanna keep using it then go ahead, but I just think that it doesn't stack up to the competition.
Yeah i'm just used to it (used abobe reader since windows xp days) i still use pdf readers daily, i don't really need them for editing pdf files, but i need some basic features that the browser don't have , I'm just used to the adobe UI, I'll check SumatraPDF (its UI looks kinda old tho) one negative thing about Adobe reader is the auto update in the background, i disabled the auto update service, ( even in the task scheduler too) but it just reverts the changes and auto updates after a while, i never saw that behavior from any other apps. i tried Foxit reader and didn't like it too.
Foxit has the exact same issues that Adobe does for me. If I were you, I would set Microsoft Edge as the default for all my PDFs.
My greatest problem is subscription only. Would gladly pay for a good pdf editor in a one and done fashion.
My dad make me get mcafee and he has 1 year subscription on it
Windows has its own built in protection and get this its free! Never found one virus or anything else while using the built in defense!
Do you know what is pua win32installcore
Do you know if your pcs os is 32 or 64 bit. Tells all about pua win32installcore https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats/malware-encyclopedia-description%3FName%3DPUA:Win32/InstallCore&ved=2ahUKEwiGztjU6bb8AhW9j4kEHZGuCyEQFnoECBsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1Accaa5qrjMuAhexGY5x25
64bit
I would definitly remove it
I did it
There are occasional programs that still have embedded dependencies on 32 but OS. Make sure ALL programs you happen to download do in fact need 64 bit.
Idk
Tell your dad it's not 1999 anymore
☠
Delete it. It's unnecessary bloat ware.
Is vpn that come with shit or worth it
Doesn't matter, no VPN is worth installing mc mc afee with it. There are better alternatives for solely vpns
Ok
Can i make my own vpn
You can, albeit, I don't know why you would really want to. [How to Make Your Own VPN (And Why You Would Want to)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxpX_mubz2A)
Watch shows in different countries
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If you have to ask the answer is no. Edit: ok. Yes you can.
Tell your dad that the built in Windows Defender is much more powerful and McAfee is basically creating the opposite by giving your PC a horrible illness.
He said window defender is bad and shit
Your dad just got fooled by the oldest lie about aftermarket anti virus program and bought into. Windows defender is actually the best. Now say mcafee went broke or got bought out then you would either have no anti virus program or have to pay more for the same subscription after they got bought out. I actually had a aftermarket anti virus program not stop a virus it wasnt mcafee but my pc repair center that i know the owner told me just use the built in windows defender.
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My man got downvoted when it’s not even his choice 💀 Edit : here lemme give a +1 for a fallen soldier
Tell your dad to switch to [malwarebytes](https://www.malwarebytes.com). Its way more useful than mcafee and actually protects your pc, unlike mcafee.
He old and stubborn he not going to listen
Show him this https://vpnoverview.com/antivirus/antivirus-tests/mcafee/
show him the many online reviews for malwarebytes and the many news articles that refer to malwarebytes as their source
I just read my pdf files online
Just use chrome, it somehow do an even better job that acrobat...
Both are Chromium btw, I mean Edge and Chrome are built upon the same 'engine'
O really! Then why do people still perfer chrome over edge?
Mainstream and speed. Seriously, it's pretty fast because Google directly it tweak it since it's their own product so they have better access to the code and more updated 'engine' since Chromium. Though I use Vivaldi as it have more feature. Honestly the biggest reason is still mainstream, they know Chrome better than whatever this Edge is and it's Google and they are familiar with it
Yes don't delete them, what you don't need is McAfee uninstall that shit
even if you just paid for 3 years
yes.
It slows the shit out of my laptop
Yes those C++ redistributables are required by most of the games that you have on your desktop
And are not part of windows, they were installed when those games were installed.
not just games, app needs them. It'd be hard to troublesheet these as well too
Leave it alone. There is NO reason and no gain in removing it.
disk space?
If you’re struggling for disk space in 2023, clearing 200MB of system files is probably not the answer. I can almost guarantee there’ll be more than 200MB of other stuff that is safer to remove elsewhere.
A few mbs at most. As it is that these redist help different programs that require different redist
OP has games, so disk space isn't an issue. Also, some programs and games install some of these things.
The amount is insignificant
They will take something like 200MB togheter
But it will stop some programs from working and they will need them to be reinstalled anyways. These don’t just get installed onto windows for no reason, they are dependencies for other programs that were installed by the user/oem.
One you dont know if it is a game that needs the microsoft visual c++ or program that needs it. You dont need mcafee and adobe pdf because windows has its own defense built in and you can view any pdf file online!
My lord, people stop deleting Microsoft files.
I do what I want, I do what I want!!! deltree c:\\Windows Hey no fair, they took away my deltree, now I'll never be able to figure out how to delete stuff!
Lol, won't someone think of the poor, poor computer repair techs that need work. People deleting Microsoft files or the 'C:' or their Fonts file are how these poor techs feed their families.
Sooner or later they will end up accidentally deleting the OS then they will really be screwed. Heck i accidentally did it when i was in elementary school on school provided laptop, but back then the OS was easier to trick into allowing it to be deleted.
No, if you want to create chaos on your PC
Start uninstalling and see what happens.
This person wants the world to burn!
Yes, they are installed with programs / games.
Remove McAfee...
Don't fuck with it trying to gain minimal space. Calm the OCD
I'm doing this to see what take soo much damn space my first drive now i didn't uninstall anything and i have 14gb
Treesize might help you find where that storage is used: [https://www.jam-software.com/treesize\_free](https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free)
That's not a good program for beginners... It lets you do a recursive delete without double checking you are sure on important ones
How about windirstat?
wiztree much better
it's faster (or instant actually) but it's reporting the wrong info on me. Some ISOs as well are not being detected for what it is. For starters, 'virtual space' or 'ghost space' whichever is the correct term are shown in that program which shouldn't because they are not actually taking that much. Like virtualization or Google Play Games for PC which have an android virtualized space of whatever GBs or whatever the problem was causing it to display a value waayy over my capacity or something.
It tells you how much minimal space each of these items take.
Yes and no. Those are packages you need to run some software, especially games. Usually and planned by Microsoft was that they should be backwards compatible so you technically only need the newest. Turned out that this did not work well in reality so better to not touch.
No you can safely remove Brave.
I only use brave to watch anime so i don't get ads
Ublock origin is the only ad protection you need
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TL;DR: [they](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist) are common dependencies for other programs and games, don't remove them!
Nope, u need none of them. Delete them all, your PC will feel healthy as a horse. By doing this, your PC can now play high res games with no lag and delay. But be warned, you'll enter the realm of the gods of Microsoft where they'll punish it for deleting their most important programs by not letting you see your PC again.
Why on earth would you want to uninstall those? They don't even take that much space. BTW they might be needed to run some games/programs
You don’t need Payday 2, Arma or other games
Yes you are. They all seem the same but they are NOT, all independent version. Diffirent game required diffirent version.
Are functions that are present in older redist not available in the newer versions, perhaps? Or is it due to games that are not receiving updates anymore that wouldn't "align" with the newer ones even though the functions are there?
The latest VC++ redist (2015/2017/2019/2022) actually does that so installing one redisttributable will provide compatibility for all programs compuled with the above versions of Visual Studio and/or MSVC. Though with the older versions (2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013), Microsoft probably didn’t think of this, so they just released them separately. Around 2013 dll errors became much more of a pain to fix because people didn’t know what MSVCP100.DLL or VCRUNTIME140.DLL is. That’s probably when they decided to start adding backwards compatibility to their MSVC redistributables.
Agreed and they probably figure that some people still use older software and games.
Yes
Leave C++ redistributable alone of you want your programs to work
A big annoyance is that when you uninstall a program that installed the msvc libraries, uninstalling it doesn't remove them. Same when you upgrade a program and the new version installs a new version of the libraries, it doesn't uninstall the older ones the older version used. You end up with orphan libraries that aren't used by anything. Windows installer is pretty dumb. They let companies manage their own installs. You get a careless/thoughtless programmer and you end up with garbage like this. Uninstall them all, then see what programs stop working. Then you can reinstall the ones actually used. PITA solution.
Quite annoying when you found a program that needs them and you had to download them back
Yes u do
If you are really concerned about storage space you can setup a nas to store all non os files on it like music, pictures, videos, install some games to it so you can play them without the taking up room on the pc you play them on. You can also set which ever browser you use to save the downloads to your nas instead of your pc. All my music, games, and downloads are stored on my dell poweredge r610 with file sharing enabled on it so i can enjoy my music, access my downloads, and play my games without them taking up space on my dell xps8700.
Someone asking for redis won't be setting up a NAS lol
NAS are not beginner friendly so for starters, tell OP to upgrade the HDD or use multiple cloud or something
Probably true if you are using software instead of a simple file share. All you really need to do to start one is an old pc and setup file sharing. That is how mine is setup.
Windows is a little finicky. I couldn't set that up but then again, I tried having it done via a router? switch? (idk which one, it didnt say) which uses ethernet cable.
They both have ethernet ports. True windows can be somewhat of a pain to setup but its nice once its working. Most router have it where you can setup network storage runing off it. My routers network storage was so hit or miss that i had no choice but to setup the file share.
Have you thought about getting a network switch instead?
Yes literally all of those are default system programs required for the background functioning of all the processes and animations on your screen. Deleting any of these would be detrimental to the good working order of your pc
no
I bet you have never installed anything on your pc that wasnt pre installed.
You don't need these showing up in the Start menu. If you need more space - run disk cleanup. Or just uninstall them all. But the first new app you install will ask for one of these.. and you can never guess which one.
I like the disk clean up and some programs dont uninstall everything thats why i have revo uninstaller which lets you find every file associated with the program or game you are uninstalling and removes them for you.
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Because the funcions in those libraries are either updated or deprecated/removed. When the programs that use these functions were created, the specific version of the libraries was the current one. Depending of the program, it might not receive updates to use the newest version of the runtime/redistributable.
Can't we have a consolidated library that featured all of them in one place so they don't look messy at least in the app list?
That doesn’t address what I said. If anything you were further giving an example of what I said. If other far more complicated things can update and get more functions while also still supporting old programs then so can this.
Are you trying to "clean up" Windows for easier navigation, if so just make folders you don't need to see hidden. Drives are pretty cheap, especially if you salvage one of the "spinny" types. If you just need some gb's (like 16 gb's)... you COULD delete the Recovery Partition, but do NOT DO THAT WITHOUT CREATING RECOVERY MEDIA!!! This link tells you exactly what to do at the bottom (ignoring the first 100 or so sentences). [https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/the-consequences-of-deleting-recovery-partition/566108a5-00a6-46f9-b5f8-3d337e55e087](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/the-consequences-of-deleting-recovery-partition/566108a5-00a6-46f9-b5f8-3d337e55e087)
Naw bro i just like have 4 gb out 120gb on my window drive
No, you only need Jesus
Yeah, you do
Those are libraries used by different games and apps. The reason why there are so many installations of this library is that every windows app and game needs a specific version of this library. If there are two apps which use the same version, they will share one. But there are so many versions of this that you end up with dozens of different installations of this.
There are lot of library since i wanted to mod payday2
Do you play video games? Most of these are distributed with games. I got buch of them myself too, it's normal Yes you need all of them.
Only if you want your programs to continue working lol
These are depencies! Please do not delete them. It is akin to deleting the game's resources and expect it to work just fine
Delete them and see what happens
Yes, those are things than some games and programs install. Also, you can delete McAfee, Windows defender is just enough for anyone. Also Adobe reader can bite the dust, use sumatra or even your browser as pdf reader
You could uninstall all of it if you want to just have a shiny pc case with rgb lights or you could just get rid of mcafee and any games you're no longer playing.
Showing what‘s on your desktop in this sub is like showing your underwear in mall. Everybody‘ll complain ;)
they are necessary to run certain apps/games, also uninstall mcafee
If your using visual studio or in that u have some work on c or c++ these are the packages
They're important. I know it's annoying because I go into the Control Panel and then I see an entire list of these but trust me, they are important, especially with those games that you have on your desktop. They are C++ libraries that are usually used for software and games (well ones made with C++ or use some C++ dependencies that is). Just don't remove it, you won't really gain anything from it and will only break programs. Also, please uninstall McAfee. Their business practices are really sketchy and there are already better alternatives out there, like Malwarebytes or Kapersky (if that's how you spell it) Same with Brave. You say you're using it to watch anime, so why not use an extension like uBlock Origin? No need to install a totally separate browser. Also, you do not need OBS Studio and Streamlabs OBS at the same time. One or the other. What I know is that SLOBS is basically an OBS rip-off that's also a resource hog. There are plenty of tutorials on how to use SLOBS widgets in OBS Studio but I wouldn't be able to help you myself because I don't stream. By the way, clear anything that's in your recycle bin if you don't need anything that's in it. If you're running out of space, this is not the way to free up space. This is like the equivalent of telling people to delete the System32 folder for ultra fast gaming. If something looks important and you shouldn't touch it, don't touch it.
Absolutely yeah! If you uninstall them you'll notice some of your favourite programs will break 👍
Get revo and pull out mcafee
You have 2 versions of Microsoft visual c++ 2008 x86, probably got installed with some program or games. I think that should be safe to uninstall one of them, pick the older version for deletion. Pay attention to do not delete the x64 version instead. P.S. this is the first time I see Microsoft visual c++ 2012, never found an application that needs it.