Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x64) returns error 0x80240017 when installed on Windows Server 2012 R2

                             

Visual Studio 2015 C++ Redistributable requires Windows Server 2012 R2 with Update (KB2919335).

KB2919335 will not install without KB2919442 already being installed.

However, at the present time, KB2919442 is not provided automatically via Windows Update to Windows Server 2012 R2.

Your original suggestion of installing KB2919442 is along the right lines.  The actual fix is:

1. Download and install KB2919442.

2. Run windows update, which will download and install KB2919335.  Alternatively manually download and install KB2919335.

3. Install Visual Studio 2015 C++ Redistributable.

Now you can successfully install your requirements for your application

in windows 7 also we need sp1 installed to install c++2015 redistributable.