I’ve fixed up the page to what I think is correct. I’m not a Windows expert, so I’ve asked the Audacity developers if someone can take a look and check that the links are now correct.
Support for Windows 7 is now becoming impossible as Microsoft are rapidly deleting Windows 7 updates from their download library.
As Windows 8.1 reached the end of Mainstream Support on January 9, 2018, it’s likely that they will soon do the same for Windows 8.1.
Awesome! ^-^ Just in case this could help, I’ve just made a succesful test in a Windows machine without the 2008 version, but with other Visual C++ versions installed. Here is the info:
Machine:
Intel Celeron CPU 2.66 GHz
2 GB
Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x86), with all critical updates made for it and all (or almost all) optional ones
Audacity 2.3.3
Microsfot Visual C++ installed:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.21005
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86) - 14.0.24212
Audacity startep up normally, with no problems.
I don’t know how those Visual C++ (libraries?) work. Perhaps it’s not necessary to have the 2008 version specifically? If anyone ask me to, I can uninstall those Visual C++ next time I visit the building where is it and check what happens, that’s not an important machine now if something fails