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Screencast: Static link to the C-Runtime to prevent vcredist and overcome “Application configuration” problems

Here is a short screencast which shows how to adjust the project settings to link against the static C-runtime (CRT).

This prevents that you must ship the CRT-DLLs with your application. Your application just works after copying the exe to the target computer.

This is a “german” screencast:

http://www.kalmbach-software.de/screencasts/VC2008EE-StaticLinkCRT/

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12 Responses to “Screencast: Static link to the C-Runtime to prevent vcredist and overcome “Application configuration” problems”

  1. Jochen Kalmbach’s Blog » Blog Archive » Howto: Deploy VC2008 apps without installing vcredist_x86.exe Says:
    May 3rd, 2008 at 15:16

    […] easiest way to overcome the problem is to link static against the CRT/MFC. But in some scenarios this is not an option and not […]

  2. David Manthey Says:
    July 28th, 2008 at 21:11

    Thank you, sir. Your screencast quickly gave me the answer to this. I appreciate it.

  3. John Says:
    September 12th, 2008 at 16:16

    The method shown on the screen cast for static linking doesn’t work for CLR applications. How do I statically link a /clr application?

    Thanks

  4. jkalmbach Says:
    September 12th, 2008 at 16:18

    It is explaind in the screencast, that it does not work if you have a /clr application!
    Conclusion: You can’t static link to the CRT if you have VS2005 or later (ir works with VS2002 and 2003).

  5. John Says:
    September 12th, 2008 at 16:35

    Thanks for the quick reply.

    Bummer about static linking. I’ll give your method a shot. Trying to deploy on Vista, XP, and the FDDC.

    Cheers

  6. Duncan Smart Says:
    October 17th, 2008 at 09:47

    Thanks for this Jochen, even though my German in non-existent, I just needed to see which option it was :-)

    Vielen Dank!

  7. Fofo Says:
    November 6th, 2008 at 19:20

    Danke!!!
    Jetzt ist mein Herzinfarkt-Risiko wieder auf normal!

  8. Jochen Kalmbach’s Blog » Blog Archive » Deployment of VC2008 apps without installing anything Says:
    May 27th, 2009 at 20:31

    […] Statically link to the CRT/MFC […]

  9. Al Dimond Says:
    January 26th, 2010 at 22:55

    Why post a screencast when you could explain it in words? Words are a lot easier to use!

  10. jkalmbach Says:
    January 27th, 2010 at 08:03

    Hi Al!

    I have explaint this about 3000 times via words… then I got about 2000 responses that it does not work or they cannot find it… the I responded again, that you should *look* exactly what I have written… After about 1000 responses again, I made the 2 min screencast….

    Maybe my words are not able to express, what screencasts can ;)

  11. Arlt Says:
    August 19th, 2010 at 07:41

    Diese Einstellungen /MT für Executables sind aber leider bei Multi Threaded DLL’s (/MD) aus einem mir nicht bekannten Grund noch nicht ausreichend. Den einzigen Hinweis, welchen ich bisher gefunden habe ist, dass bei statisch gelinkten DLL’s weiterhin Abhängigkeiten zur msvcp90.dll bestehen wenn die STL verwendet wird. Dies ist bei mir aber nicht der Fall.

    Gibt es irgendwo eine Anleitung für statically linked (/MD) DLL’s, die ohne vcredist.exe lauffähig sind?

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