Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago
Microsoft has changed how the runtime libraries are used in VC2005 and VC2008
so they
are not read from the application's folder anymore. Instead Windows will store
all
different runtime library versions to C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS folder (that's where the
vcredist_x86.exe installs them).
I'm not really sure why your browser would block the installation except if you
already have them installed and Firefox is using them. The Rainmeter's installer
probably should check this and not run the vcredist_x86.exe in that case.
From what I've read it is still possible to define a certain runtime that the
application uses but that requires a custom manifest for all the Rainmeter's
components. It should allow us to put the msvcr90.dll and msvcp90.dll to the
program
folder so it's probably something that should be investigated.
Original comment by kimmo.pekkola
on 11 Apr 2009 at 9:19
I don't think the browser blocked it, I just happened to have the browser open
when I
ran the installer. Running the installer a second time this did not happen.
I was wondering about the portablity of the runtime libraries, because it's not
really considered good form, for a portable application to install files and
leave
them on the host. That's why I was hoping the dlls could be used from the
application
directory.
Original comment by JMHarris...@gmail.com
on 11 Apr 2009 at 5:19
Original comment by kenz0.sa...@gmail.com
on 8 Jul 2009 at 8:10
Original comment by kenz0.sa...@gmail.com
on 31 Dec 2009 at 12:30
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
JMHarris...@gmail.com
on 10 Apr 2009 at 1:00