Windows 7 Automatically installs Visual C++ Redistributable?

[Connoisseur]

I have Windows 7 professional on a system with a 640GB WD Black HD as primary (OS, Apps, Games ETC) drive and two 640GB WD Blue HD's in RAID 0 as my storage drive (E Drive). After installing Windows 7 and getting the updates, i noticed that several new files and folders are popping up on my storage drive (EULA-10XX.txt, install.res.10XX.dll, VC-RED.MSI, locked folders name like: "c2627671c78ae2b7125cff"). Investigating further, it looks like these files correspond to the install for the Visual C++ Redistributable package. A Couple of questions:
A) Why did Windows 7 update place these files on my storage drive
B) For the sake of cleanliness can I remove/delete these files from my storage drive? Or can I uninstall the package and manually install it so it doesn't store all this crap on my E drive?

 

[Nothinman]

I'm pretty sure lots (all?) Windows updates put themselves temporarily on the drive with the most free space for installation. I've got a few of them in the root of my system drive, never noticed since I don't look there very often. I'd guess that they're safe to delete, but I can't say 100%.

 

[RebateMonger]

I'm pretty sure lots (all?) Windows updates put themselves temporarily on the drive with the most free space for installation.

That's what I think, too. It's not pretty when Windows Update runs out of space for an update.

I don't see these folders very often. It might be that the Update didn't complete. Or it just forgot to delete the temporary folder.

Yeah, assuming that's what it is (pretty safe assumption), you can safely delete the folder.