Application has failed to start … application configuration is incorrect - VC++ 2005 Runtime Problem

Question

We moved our Visual C++ 2003 solution to Visual 2005 and now we have problems deploying to clean XP machines.

Our solution has a DLL project and a command line executabl

Answer 1

You don't really need the Microsoft's VC80 C Run-Time Library. It's a mess.

Instead, relink your program with /MT option, which static links the c run-time library(libcmt.lib) or C++ Standard Library. To set this via the project properties, go to

C/C++ -> Code Generation -> Runtime Library: Multi-threaded (/MT)

If it doesn't compile, you may want to add this option as well (/NODEFAULTLIB:)

Linker -> Input -> Ignore Specific Library: msvcrt.lib

See the link options from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/abx4dbyh(VS.80).aspx