Re: installing MFC71.dll, msvcr71.dll, and msvcp71.dll in system32
From: Nikola Dudar [MSFT] (nikolad_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/18/05
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 18:41:16 -0800
It is not recommended and it is not supported to install 7.1 redistributable
Dlls to System32. You should be using MSMs supplied with VS2003 for
redistributing these libraries. MSMs will install them in application's
local folder.
Thanks,
Nikola
-- Nikola Dudar Visual C++ Team This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@flounder.com> wrote in message news:inabu019lpcl12julqm0of87pkm5ogmbmk@4ax.com... > Since the MFC7x DLLs are completely unrelated to the MFC4x DLLs, the > question makes no > sense. > > If MFC42.dll and friends are installed in the system32 directory, that's > fine. > > If MFC71.dll and frieds are installed in the system32 directory, that's > fine. > > These have no relationship to each other except the letters "MFC" at the > start. > > You cannot mix code compiled for MFC42 with code compiled for MFC7x > without inviting total > disaster. > > I ran MFC7x DLLs on Win98 with no problem. But I just decomissioned that > laptop. I had no > problems with the code I was running. > joe > > On 8 Jan 2005 18:05:10 -0800, "Frank" <franklopez2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>This past week I had a discussion about this, and so I wanted to toss >>this one out to get shot to pieces. Just curious :) >> >>Q: Did Microsoft ever recommended that mfc42.dll be installed in the >>system32 directory? >> >>And for those of us who have done the above... >> >>Q: Given what issues there might have been by installing mfc42.dll in >>the system32 directory, what sort of new problems beyond the mfc42.dll >>issues would be created by also installing MFC71.dll, msvcr71.dll, and >>msvcp71.dll in the same system32 directory? And would this differ if >>the OS is Win95 versus Win98 versus Win2000 versus XP versus 2003 >>versus...? > > Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP] > email: newcomer@flounder.com > Web: http://www.flounder.com > MVP Tips: http://www.flounder.com/mvp_tips.htm
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