Package/Install the Windows 10 Universal C Runtime for VS 2015

win_toolchain/package_from_installed.py

Index: win_toolchain/package_from_installed.py
diff --git a/win_toolchain/package_from_installed.py b/win_toolchain/package_from_installed.py
index bda571a8626cf0665dbc7323971f1244795094b9..39afc39a9a85388251d87c8303592e344ba3c39b 100644
--- a/win_toolchain/package_from_installed.py
+++ b/win_toolchain/package_from_installed.py
@@ -133,43 +133,23 @@ def BuildFileList():
       result.append((combined, to))
 
   if VS_VERSION == '2015':
-
-    system_crt_files = [
-        'api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0.dll',
-        'ucrtbase.dll',
-        'ucrtbased.dll',

[brucedawson, 2016/01/14 21:37:44]

Oh damn, I just remembered that I still need to package up ucrtbased.dll.

+    # The Windows 10 Universal C Runtime installers are needed when packaging
+    # VS 2015. They can be download from here:
+    # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2999226
+    # and they must be downloaded to the current user's downloads directory.
+    # The versions needed are those for 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8, and
+    # Windows 8.1. The 64-bit Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, and Server 2012 R2
+    # versions are identical (same name and contents).
+    universal_runtime_installers = [
+        'Windows6.1-KB2999226-x64.msu',
+        'Windows8-RT-KB2999226-x64.msu',
+        'Windows8.1-KB2999226-x64.msu',
     ]
-    bitness = platform.architecture()[0]
-    # When running 64-bit python the x64 DLLs will be in System32
-    x64_path = 'System32' if bitness == '64bit' else 'Sysnative'
-    x64_path = os.path.join(r'C:\Windows', x64_path)
-    for system_crt_file in system_crt_files:
-        result.append((os.path.join(r'C:\Windows\SysWOW64', system_crt_file),
-                       os.path.join('sys32', system_crt_file)))
-        result.append((os.path.join(x64_path, system_crt_file),
-                       os.path.join('sys64', system_crt_file)))
+
+    for installer in universal_runtime_installers:
+      result.append((os.path.join(os.environ['userprofile'], 'downloads',
+                                 installer),
+                     os.path.join('installers', installer)))
 
   # Generically drop all arm stuff that we don't need, and
   # drop .msi files because we don't need installers.