Install Windows SDK 7.1 (Visual C++ 2010) on GitHub Windows runner

Previously, you could simply run this:

    - name: "Install Visual C++ 2010"
      run: |
        choco install windows-sdk-7.1 -f -y
        choco install KB2519277 -f -y 

However the situation was changed by two parts:

1. After https://github.com/actions/runner-images/pull/6247 , GitHub windows-2022 runners now have Visual C++ 2010 redistributable due to https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/imagemagick.app#dependencies .
   • It needs to be uninstalled first.
2. After https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/windows-sdk-7.1/7.1.7600.202200915 , windows-sdk-7.1 has been migrated to web installer.
   • Downloading ISO is faster, so previous version is recommended.

These changes can be solved by this

    - name: "Install Visual C++ 2010"
      run: |
        MsiExec.exe /passive '/X{F0C3E5D1-1ADE-321E-8167-68EF0DE699A5}'
        MsiExec.exe /passive '/X{1D8E6291-B0D5-35EC-8441-6616F567A0F7}'
        choco install windows-sdk-7.1 -f -y --version 7.1.7600.20220204
        choco install KB2519277 -f -y

msiexec /x has to be quoted on powershell, otherwise need to run on cmd.

note

Who wants to install Visual C++ 2010? I don't come up with other use cases than testing Python 3.4...