Visual C executable and missing MSVCR100d dll

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I know this has been asked in other places and answered  but I m having issues with MS Visual Studio 2010  I ve developed a C   executable but if I run the Release version on a machine that doesn t have the VC   runtime library  ie  msvcr100d dll   I get the  program cannot start because msvcr100d dll is missing from your computer  error   This is weird for two reasons    Why is it trying to link with the debug version of the redistributable  I tried applying this fix  setting the runtime library setting to  MT instead of  MD  multi-threaded DLL   but that only made the problem worse  if I manually copied msvcr100d dll  it then said it couldn t find msvcp110 dll     How can I package the runtime library with my executable so that I can run it on machines that don t have MS VC 2010 or the redistributable installed   I know it s considered a security risk to include a copy of the DLL since it won t ever be updated  but my goal is just to send this executable to a few friends in the short term

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For me the problem appeared in this situation:

I installed VS2012 and did not need VS2010 anymore. I wanted to get my computer clean and also removed the VS2010 runtime executables, thinking that no other program would use it. Then I wanted to test my DLL by attaching it to a program (let's call it program X). I got the same error message. I thought that I did something wrong when compiling the DLL. However, the real problem was that I attached the DLL to program X, and program X was compiled in VS2010 with debug info. That is why the error was thrown. I recompiled program X in VS2012, and the error was gone.

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This problem explained in MSDN Library and as I understand installing  Microsoft s Redistributable Package can help   But sometimes the following solution can be used  as developer s side solution    In your Visual Studio  open Project properties - gt  Configuration properties - gt  C C   - gt  Code generation and change option Runtime Library to  MT instead of  MD

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You definitely should not need the debug version of the CRT if you re compiling in  release  mode  You can tell they re the debug versions of the DLLs because they end with a d   More to the point  the debug version is not redistributable  so it s not as simple as  packaging  it with your executable  or zipping up those DLLs   Check to be sure that you re compiling all components of your application in  release  mode  and that you re linking the correct version of the CRT and any other libraries you use  e g   MFC  ATL  etc     You will  of course  require msvcr100 dll  note the absence of the d suffix  and some others if they are not already installed  Direct your friends to download the Visual C   2010 Redistributable  or x64   or include this with your application automatically by building an installer

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Usually the application that misses the  dll indicates what version you need     if one does not work  simply download the Microsoft visual C   2010 x86 or x64 from this link   For 32 bit OS Here  For 64 bit OS Here

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Debug version of the vc   library dlls are NOT meant to be redistributed      Debug versions of an application are not redistributable  and debug   versions of the Visual C   library DLLs are not redistributable  You   may deploy debug versions of applications and Visual C   DLLs only to   your other computers  for the sole purpose of debugging and testing   the applications on a computer that does not have Visual Studio   installed  For more information  see Redistributing Visual C   Files    I will provide the link as well   http   msdn microsoft com en-us library aa985618 aspx

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I got the same error   I was refering a VS2010 DLL in a VS2012 project   Just recompiled the DLL on VS2012 and now everything is fine

[windows] Visual C++ executable and missing MSVCR100d.dll

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