A Registry entry to fix Steam dependency installation on each start of a game
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| Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 | |
| [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Valve\Steam\Apps\{{ INSERTYOURAPPIDHERE }}] | |
| "adobeair"=dword:00000001 | |
| "amd"=dword:00000001 | |
| "d3d11"=dword:00000001 | |
| "directx"=dword:00000001 | |
| "DXSetup"=dword:00000001 | |
| "microsoft.net"=dword:00000001 | |
| "msvc redist"=dword:00000001 | |
| "msvc redistributables"=dword:00000001 | |
| "net40redist"=dword:00000001 | |
| "PhysX"=dword:00000001 | |
| "PhysXRedist"=dword:00000001 | |
| "Punkbuster"=dword:00000001 | |
| "uplaylauncher"=dword:00000001 | |
| "vcredist"=dword:00000001 | |
| "vcredist2005"=dword:00000001 | |
| "vcredist2005atl"=dword:00000001 | |
| "vcredist2008"=dword:00000001 | |
| "vcredist2010"=dword:00000001 | |
| "vcredist2033"=dword:00000001 | |
| "VCx86"=dword:00000001 | |
| "VCx64"=dword:00000001 |
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Thank you for the reg file! It did not work for me but it gave me a direction to look at. My issue was that steam was trying to install older versions of vcredist and .NET while my system had the latest version. I found the executables with ProcMon and ran the installer manually. It obviously was failing with "The newer version was already installed".
I added the keys to Steam App ID as you suggested but it did not work. I had to add the missing .NET and vcredist versions to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Valve\Steam\Apps\CommonRedist key. After that Steam stopped trying to install those files.
Example:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Valve\Steam\Apps\CommonRedist.NET]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Valve\Steam\Apps\CommonRedist.NET\4.5.2]
"4.5.2"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Valve\Steam\Apps\CommonRedist.NET\4.6.1]
"4.6.1"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Valve\Steam\Apps\CommonRedist.NET\4.6.2]
"4.6.2"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Valve\Steam\Apps\CommonRedist.NET\4.7.2]
"4.7.2"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Valve\Steam\Apps\CommonRedist.NET\4.8]
"4.8"=dword:00000001