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rajkulkarni

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Posted 09 February 2005 - 18:14

Is running VCREDIST.EXE necessary to get the latest runtime files? Is running vcredist.exe only for NT/98 systems?

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Posted 10 February 2005 - 02:44

Actually, it is necessary for all OSes if you also want the latest Visual C++ service pack to be a part of those runtime redistributables.

Of course this is assuming, you're using a current, or at least a fairly recent, version of the setup executable in the first place (e.g. VC6 SP4, VC6 SP5, VC6 SP6).
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Posted 10 February 2005 - 15:04

Is including the MFC 6.2 Runtime Object the best way to go, or should we run the vcredist.exe application as part of the installation process?

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Posted 10 February 2005 - 15:34

That Object doesn't have the previously mentioned service packs incorporated into it, so the best thing to do is to use the latest redistributable.
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Posted 03 March 2005 - 14:56

I checked the place on Microsoft's website where I can download this, and it is only recommended for running on Win95, Win98, and NT. This executable doesn't execute on Win2000 or XP.

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Posted 03 March 2005 - 17:57

Ah, I actually that remember that being the case now with the redistributable setup. However, you can still manually update some of the newer subcomponents by manually including those system-related files as a part of your installation process.

That's actually how I do it since I my products for work only target NT-based platforms. However, I have programmed some Win9x-based setups where I've used the redistributable to simplify things.
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