install VC++ Debug Runtime Distributable

Question

Is there anyway to install or have VC++ Debug Runtime Distributable without installing Visual Studio ? Just to run a dll that has been compiled in debug mode using VS2013 on another machine that hasn't VS2013.

Sideband

When you deploy a .dll, you are supposed to use Release builds. Why would you want to distribute a debug build? – Glair

this the specification they need – Sideband

Its dll for credential provider and if windows succeds to load it , I should see "sign in options" when lock my device but I see nothing that's why its failed ! – Sideband

Possible duplicate of How to install VC80CRT debug runtimes without full visual studio 2005? – Gstring

Answer 1

For testing purposes, you can include the Debug DLLs you need 'side-by-side' with your application. You can find them on a machine with VS 2013 installed:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\redist\Debug_NonRedist

When you deploy your app, you must use Release mode distributions. For Win32 desktop apps, use these instructions. For Windows Store apps, you don't have to deploy the CRT as it's handled by the Windows Store.

Featheredge

thnxxxxxx I copy the dll msvcp120d.dll located at the path you specified to system32 and its worked :) – Sideband

I'd recommend copying it to the same directory as your executables on the test machine and not the System32 directory. Otherwise, it will be easy to forget that you 'hacked' the test system to get the debug build to work... – Featheredge

yea but actually my dll runs under system32 :) I mean that my program is under system32 :) – Sideband

It's not a good practice to put any file in the windows folder. You should deploy your software in a better place perhaps a folder inside of the Program Files. – Lvov

Answer 2

OP was asking about 2013, but the title is general, so..

I just wanted to point out that in newer Visual Studio releases with the "select what you want" installer, for the debug runtime you need just "tools" or "build tools" (e.g. VC++ 2017 version 15.9 v14.16 latest v141 tools or MSVC v142 - VS 2019 C++ Build Tools, not to be confused with the toolset)

As for where you can find the libs, VS 2015 still has them basically in the same path outlined in Chuck's answer. From 2017, you should have something like:

<root>\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Redist\MSVC\14.16.27012\debug_nonredist

Outfield

Answer 3

For Visual Studio 2022:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\VC\Redist\MSVC\14.36.32532\debug_nonredist\x64\Microsoft.VC143.DebugCRT

Bala