What should I do if the installation of VC++2015 on Win10 fails and the error "0x80070666" is reported?

Time: 2021-08-11Source: Huajun Software TutorialAuthor: Xiao Hulu

What should I do if the installation of VC++2015 on Win10 fails and the error "0x80070666" is reported? The Visual C++ 2015 runtime library is a commonly used software runtime library. Recently, a user failed to install VC++2015. The system prompted "Setup failed, error code is 0x80070666.", what is going on? This situation occurs because the system already contains an old version of VC++. Please see the solution below.

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Method/steps:

The prerequisite is to uninstall the old version of VC++ through programs and functions.

1. First download the "VC6.0 Junk File Cleaning Tool" (download address);

2. Unzip the downloaded compressed package;

3. Open the folder, right-click on CopyAndReg.bat, and select Run as administrator to start cleaning up some residual files of the old version of VC in the system.

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4. After the cleaning is completed, restart the computer to install VC++2015 normally!

The above is the solution to the error "0x80070666" when the Win10 installation of VC++2015 fails. The method is very simple. As you can see, just download the cleaning tool introduced by the editor and run it to solve the problem perfectly.

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