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Where Can I find the download location for Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs.dll . is this redistibutable?

I have an old .NET framework app which used Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs.dll.
I want to know whether this is redistributable? if not can we point to download from Microsoft site, where user of our application can download it?

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It is a Nuget Package : VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs


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II found this nuget package too, but the nuget package doesnt have any license info. hence it can not be re-distributed.
My main problem is, How do i provide this DLL to Customer? can I directly package it with my product? am I allowed to redistribute it? if not, then in what way i can supply it to customer?

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The Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs.dll in the package is copyrighted by Microsoft if you check the propeties

There is also the official Setup from Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs 10.0
with Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.dll
(installed on my OS in : C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\VBPowerPacks\v12.0\Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.dll)
which uses the same namespaces and modules
Comparison :

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Thanks for Pointing out the official setup from Microsoft. Can this package be redistributed with the product? OR do we need ask user to download and install it as pre-requisite?

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This does not work in Visual Studio 2022 which is a 64 bit platform only. I have tried to install the Nuget package and downloaded the Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs 10.0. Neither are working, I am going to try and load the .dll from an old computer in moment and see if I can get that to work.

UPDATE: I got it installed and the errors are gone, but now I cannot get the toolbox to load the controls. Need to find a new 64bit control package, with some nice controls.

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Need to find a new 64bit control package, with some nice controls.

Which controls do you search ?
You can create any control without external DLLs or embed WPF controls or use WinUI3, ...

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