How to solve the problem of repeated installation of Win10 patch KB3119142?

After many Win10 users installed the January patch KB3119142, they were detected again when they were updated again, and then reinstalled. Microsoft has confirmed the existence of this problem and gave a solution.

The details are as follows:

1. Right click on the start button —— program and function, find Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistibutable (X64) - 11.0.61030 or Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable ( X86) - 11.0.61030, right click and select “Change”.

Then click on “Repair”:

in the pop-up window. 2. You can also download the Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable installation package, run the installer, and then select Repair.

The above are two ways to solve the problem of repeated installation of Win10 patch KB3119142. KB3119142 mainly fixes the vulnerability in Visual C++. After repairing or reinstalling Visual C++, the KB3119142 patch can be installed normally.