I am using a click-to-run version of Office 2013 on my 64-bit Windows 7 SP1 system.

I do not allow Windows to update my system automatically.  Unless there is a good reason to do it more frequently, I use Windows Update every month to update my system manually.

For the last three months (February, March and April 2015), Windows Update has offered KB3001652 (update for Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime) as an important update.  At first, I didnt know why this update was being offered.  I dont have Visual Studio 2010 installed.  But I later learnt that Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime comes as part of Office 2013, so KB3001652 appears to be a legitimate update for Office 2013.  However, I have still not installed the update.

I have the following queries:

• Having installed a click-to-run version of Office 2013, I expected ALL updates to Office 2013 to be done automatically in the background.  In fact, Im sure I read somewhere that no updates would come through the Windows Update route.  So why has this update come through Windows Update?

• Does anyone know whether the KB3001652 update to Office 2013 will eventually be done as an automatic update in the background?  If you inspect the April updates to Office 2013 in support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3050766, the highest numbered individual update is still only KB2965279, so it might be a few months yet before KB3001652 is included (assuming it will be, of course).

• Edited by Tiberius_Claudius Wednesday, April 29, 2015 1:43 PM

Thank you Aravindhan.

Yes, I knew that Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime is installed as part of Office 2013.  I stated that in my original post.  The question is, why is an update to click-to-run Office 2013 coming through the Windows Update route?  That question remains unanswered.  I pretty certain that Microsoft have stated that all updates to click-to-run Office 2013 will be done automatically in the background.

If anyone reading this has any contacts in Microsoft, I would appreciate an answer.  If no answer is eventually forthcoming, I might submit a formal complaint to Microsoft Head Office in my country.

• Edited by Tiberius_Claudius 22 hours 40 minutes ago

I know that it is installed automatically when you install office 2013 and office 2010, but this doesn't mean it's part of Office suite itself.

"why is an update to click-to-run Office 2013 " - so this is not a specific update to click-to-run office 2013.

Thank you for the reply.

If what you say is correct, it is not a satisfactory situation and still worthy of a formal complaint to Microsoft.

I am an ordinary user.  I purchase a copy of click-to-run Office 2013 and I install it.  When I look in Programs and Features on my Windows 7 system, I see that Office 2013 is installed, but I don't see Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime in the list of installed programs.  How am I supposed to know that Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime has been installed automatically without my knowledge, that it is not part of Office 2013, and that I should expect updates for it to come through the Windows Update route?  Where is this information documented?

Are there any other "programs" that are installed automatically without the user's knowledge when click-to-run Office 2013 is installed but are not actually part of Office 2013, so the user should expect updates to them to come through the Windows Update route?

Thank you Aravindhan.

Yes, I knew that Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime is installed as part of Office 2013.  I stated that in my original post.  The question is, why is an update to click-to-run Office 2013 coming through the Windows Update route?  That question remains unanswered.  I pretty certain that Microsoft have stated that all updates to click-to-run Office 2013 will be done automatically in the background.

If anyone reading this has any contacts in Microsoft, I would appreciate an answer.  If no answer is eventually forthcoming, I might submit a formal complaint to Microsoft Head Office in my country.

• Edited by Tiberius_Claudius Friday, May 08, 2015 8:47 AM