Is it possible to make my C++ application run on a machine without Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package by simply including some dlls in the program folder?
I want to make my app as portable as possible and want to avoid forced installation of the runtime, so is it possible?
I don't care about possible future runtime .dll update and other troubles related, I simply want to supply my app with everything that it could possibly need (on every Windows XP+ machine). Did someone face the same problem?
Thank you.
Actually, you can link with the static runtime libraries and you won't need to redistribute any of the runtime DLLs. Check the documentation or the Visual Studio help for details on how to link with the static runtime libraries.