Redistributable C Runtime libraries for Visual C++ 2005 Express

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Joel - 23 Nov 2005 09:00 GMT

I have Visual Studio C++ 2005 Express installed. I do not have
vcredist_x86.exe or any of the redist directories that are referenced in the
documentation. I have redist.txt that mentions the redistributable files, but
I don't have them. The only download I can find is for Beta2 redistributable
libraries. Does anyone know where can I find these files?

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Ted - 23 Nov 2005 18:25 GMT

Check for it in folder:

\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper\Packages\vcredist_x86

If not there, then use the merge modules in:

\Program Files\common files\Merge Modules

Ted.

>I have Visual Studio C++ 2005 Express installed. I do not have
> vcredist_x86.exe or any of the redist directories that are referenced in
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> redistributable
> libraries. Does anyone know where can I find these files?

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Joel - 24 Nov 2005 00:23 GMT

Thank you for the reply Ted.

My \Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper\Packages\vcredist_x86 folder only includes Engine,
Packages, and Scheme. However, I do have the merge modules. What a relief!

I have been reading about merge modules since they are somewhat new to me.
Most of the documentation talks about using Visual Studio to build a
installer, but unfortunately the Express edition does not include the
installer project support.

I started using Inno Setup to distribute my program, but I think I need the
unpacked files to use with Inno Setup. What is the recommended approach? Does
anyone have experience with msm2msi? Perhaps I could include the CRT merge
module as an msi in my distribution. I found WiX and extracted the XML from
the msm file, but I don't know if that helps me at all.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

> Check for it in folder:
>
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> > redistributable
> > libraries. Does anyone know where can I find these files?

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Ted - 24 Nov 2005 00:55 GMT

Here you can use this:

http://blogs.msdn.com/nikolad/archive/2005/09/02/460368.aspx

strangely, he has a typo in step 8, it should be:

1.. >cd d:\WiX
2.. >candle.exe vccrt.wxs -out vccrt.wixobj
3.. >light.exe vccrt.wixobj -out vccrt.msi
The funny thing is that he has a troubleshooting that mentions this exact
typo (troubleshooting step 1)

Ted.

> Thank you for the reply Ted.
>
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>> > redistributable
>> > libraries. Does anyone know where can I find these files?

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