Having a problem in running an MFC build on VC8.0 on a PC with VC 9.0

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I have built an MFC application in Release mode using VS2005 (Windows XP) but when I run this exe on a PC (Windows 7) with VS2008, it doesn't run. It gives this error:

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side 
configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log 
or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.

What could be the reason?

Also, what is normally the requirement to run an MFC application on a PC with XP/Windows 7 that doesn't have some version of Visual Studio installed?

Looking forward to your suggestions.

Posted 23-Mar-10 7:49am

ufareed

Updated 23-Mar-10 8:33am

Smitha Nishant

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KingsGambit · Answer 1 · 2010-03-23T08:45:00

Solution 1

I think you will have to install the VC++ 2005 runtime redistributables to the target machine. You can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=32bc1bee-a3f9-4c13-9c99-220b62a191ee&displaylang=en

Posted 23-Mar-10 8:45am

KingsGambit

ufareed · Answer 2 · 2010-03-23T20:54:00

Solution 2

MSIL

I know that VC++ 2005 redistribution packageis all that is needed to run MFC on a PC with no VS but it doesn't work and gives this error. What I wanted to ask is this happening because of VC9.0 already installed on PC.
I'll appreciate more suggestions.

Posted 23-Mar-10 20:54pm

ufareed