I have a problem with Visual C++ 2008. I have installed opencv and I've created a new program and I build it with no errors. However, it complains about not finding MSVCR90D.dll when debugging. In ...

I'm researching about the configuration of a private registration free WinSxS with the plain provision of assembly manifest files, to stitch Delphi executables (COM clients) and .NET (C#) COM visib...

I have an application that is required to check the versions of various system EXEs and DLLs to determine if they are vulnerable or not. This is a native C++ application which does not provide any ...

I can't run a debug sdk application because it requires both VC 8 and VC 9 versions of the CRT. But it only requires visual studio 2008 for plugin dev, which is what I need. How do I install the d...

After a lot of trial and error (mostly due to lack of documentation and examples) I have managed to create MSI installers that install custom DLLs to WinSxS as side-by-side assembly. There is only ...

Until recently, we were happily using registration-free COM for our native and .NET COM components. However, we ran into a weird issue where our application started crashing randomly on windows XP ...

Where can I find some official note, kb article or other documentation describing changes to the Visual Studio 2010 C/C++ runtime linking and deployment policy? Under Visual Studio 2008 (with the ...

I've got a problem with several VC++ DLLs, which I should include into my .NET/C# project. One VC++ DLL is a C++/CLI DLL, which I use as public interface from my .NET project. The other DLLs are wr...

I have a component that I am building in Delphi XE that I want to be used in the following way: User creates a new blank project. User drops my component on the form. Some special Designtime code...

I've built a COM client application that uses two COM server dlls; I want this application to run without COM registration - ie: winsxs / .manifests I get a (...almost expected...) "Class not regi...

Visual Studio 2010 installs version ...4974 of the VC9 runtime whose .pdbs are unavailable. How can I force my GME.exe to use an older VC9 runtime? I've tried putting this into GME.exe.config: &l...

After upgrading to the latest version of TortoiseSVN (1.5.2.13595), it's context menu is no longer available. When attempting to run it manually, I get this error: The application has failed to s...

If I link a module against mydll.dll, which is deployed using WinSxS, the PE header in my module will simply reference "mydll.dll". How does Windows determine at runtime, firstly that this dependen...

I'm developing in an environment that is severely constrained, but the developers also have tight control over. VCRedist_x86.exe - A 4Mb redistributable - is no fun (four hours to transfer). I'd ...