MySQL Bugs: #91953: MySQL Installer, Workbench 8.0.12 wont find Visual C++ 2017 Redist

Bug #91953	MySQL Installer, Workbench 8.0.12 wont find Visual C++ 2017 Redist
Submitted:	9 Aug 2018 12:46	Modified:	10 Aug 2018 23:03
Reporter:	stefan auckland	Email Updates:
Status:	Duplicate	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL for Windows: Installer	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	1.4.26	OS:	Windows (8.1 pro)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Using the MySQL installer to install the latest Workbench, ODBC, and Connectors, an error is displayed regarding pre-requisite for Visual C++ 2015 redist, even though Visual C++ 2017 redist is installed.

Error message;
1: Action 13:29:25: INSTALL.
1: 1: MySQL Workbench 8.0 CE 2: {3D4D54C3-6D4E-435F-8894-2125D900822C}
1: Action 13:29:25: FindRelatedProducts. Searching for related applications
1: Action 13:29:25: AppSearch. Searching for installed applications
1: Action 13:29:25: SetWIX_IS_NETFRAMEWORK_45_OR_LATER_INSTALLED.
1: Action 13:29:25: LaunchConditions. Evaluating launch conditions
1: MySQL Workbench requires the Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Package to be installed. Click the Download-Button on the next page to open a web page containing further instructions.
1: 1: MySQL Workbench 8.0 CE 2: {3D4D54C3-6D4E-435F-8894-2125D900822C} 3: 3
1: The action 'Install' for product 'MySQL Workbench 8.0.12' failed.

How to repeat:
on system without Visual C++ 2015 redist installed, and with Visual C++ 2017 Redist installed.
Install Workbench 8.0.12 using the MySQL for windows: installer tool.
installation should fail and log should show as above.

Suggested fix:
suggested fix is to check system for both Visual C++ (2015 and 2017) redists,
likely required for

workaround would be to;
stop Visual C++ 2017 dependant programs,
remove Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable,
install Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable,
install 'MySQL Workbench 8.0.12',
run 'MySQL Workbench 8.0.12' (need to run and close before updating to 2017),
close 'MySQL Workbench 8.0.12',
re-install Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable.

MySQL Installer log with errors for MySQL for Visual C++ Redistributable 2017

Attachment: MySQL_Visual_CPP_2017_Redist_installerr.PNG (image/png, text), 34.91 KiB.

versions of Visual C++ installed

Attachment: Visual_CPP_Redist_Versions_installed.PNG (image/png, text), 37.03 KiB.

Similar Bugs appear to be; 85908, 89935, 89708.

In "Suggested fix" the missing text should have read:
"likely required for component installation,
path variables or registry keys may be different or conflicting.
check that this functions for having both 2015, and 2017 installed or one or the other.
may need to set 2017 as primary if both are installed"

Thank you for the bug report. Duplicate of https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=85908.

The bug Report #85908, is for a different version, different software and different incompatibility, not to mention appears to be closed, as solved, with no fix, and non-serious.
If it was fixed prior to the release of 8.0.12, why does the issue persist?

Non duplicate of 85906
Could you clarify where the duplication is? Because I marked as a similar bug doesn't mean you can cop out and be lazy?

The bug https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=85908 is in Verified status where you see it was fixed? I changed the severity to serious and I commented this bug is duplicate which means will be checked too for the developer which will do the fix and not to have several related bugs in status verified. Thanks.

Please forgive my tone, I may have misunderstood the definition of verified, and felt that this was being shunned ignored as the duplicate bug was closed. This is my mistake. However I am not having any rollback issues and it does appear to be a new unrelated but in its own right still.
Despite having a similar root cause and work around.
Again please forgive my poor tone.
Thanks for your work

Thank you for the feedback and understanding.