Correct VC++ Redistributable download URL#1142
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Pull request overview
Updates Winget-AutoUpdate’s prerequisite installation logic to download the Visual C++ 2015–2022 Redistributable from Microsoft’s current “latest supported” aka.ms endpoint, avoiding the older VS release URL.
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- Update the VC++ Redistributable download URL to
https://aka.ms/vc14/VC_redist.$osArch.exe.
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Nowadays it's a new URL as one can read in:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-supported-redistributable-version
Correct:
$VCRedistUrl = "https://aka.ms/vc14/VC_redist.$osArch.exe"