Applies to: All Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 editions except Build Tools 

Notice

In November 2020, the content of this article was updated to clarify the affected products, prerequisites, and restart requirements. Additionally, the update metadata in WSUS was revised to fix a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager reporting bug. 

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Prerequisites

To apply this security update, you must have both Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 and the subsequent Cumulative Servicing Release KB 3165756 installed. Typically, KB 3165756 is installed automatically when you install Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. However, in some cases, you have to install the two packages separately.

Restart requirement

We recommend that you close Visual Studio 2015 before you install this security update. Otherwise, you may have to restart the computer after you apply this security update if a file that is being updated is open or in use by Visual Studio.

Security update replacement information

This security update supersedes KB4489639.

File hash information

File name

SHA1 hash

SHA256 hash

vs14-kb4513696.exe

2559A958D9D7EFECD5E5156E3948E7E88473A0A9

3EAD6B19C20DEF490D6029F1215F6B96B550091C28946B98A9559C377028EDAC

Installation verification

To check that this security update was applied correctly, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Visual Studio 2015 folder.

  2. Locate the DiagnosticHub.StandardCollector.Runtime.dll file.

  3. Verify that the file version is equal to or greater than 14.0.27537.

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