[wx 2.8, WinXP, VS2005]Application runs on dev machine but not on other WinXP machines

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Antoon,

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007, Jaded Hobo wrote:

> When I run the wxWidgets 2.8 app I build using VisualStudio2005 on the 
> developement machine it works fine, but if I take it to my target 
> computer I get an error message saying "This application has failed to 
> start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling 
> the application may fix this problem".
>
> The message persists even after copying the dll's from "Microsoft Visual 
> Studio 8\VC\redist\x86\Microsoft.VC80.CRT" to the system32 directory.

You can't just copy it there, you have to installed MSVCRT 8.0 runtime 
redistributable on the target.

http://faux.warwickcompsoc.co.uk/vcredist/

This is why I hate Viral Studio 2005.

Cheers, Chris.
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