How to install VC80CRT debug runtimes without full visual studio 2005?

Question

I can\'t run a debug sdk application because it requires both VC 8 and VC 9 versions of the CRT. But it only requires visual studio 2008 for plugin dev, which is what I need

Answer 1

You must install the C++ compilers to get the debug CRT, but you don't have to install all of Visual Studio. Instead, use the web install of the Windows SDK to install the compilers. The Windows 6 SDK includes the VC8 compilers, the Windows 7 SDK includes the VC9 compilers and the Windows 7.1 SDK includes the VC10 compilers.