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Wwsapi Samples In Windows 7 Sdk For Rc The Program Cant Start Because Msvcr90 Dll Is Missing From Your Computer

- 21 May 2009

I was messing with the latest samples in the RC for Win7 SDK (Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: RC).

 

I build some of the WWSAPI samples and for the x86 platform, the samples would fail when I run them because of a missing dll.  Here is the error message I got:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

“The program can’t start because MSVCR90.dll is missing from your computer.   Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.”

 

What is strange is that the dll does exist on the computer.  After researching I found that a manifest would solve the issue. 

 

I went into the _Property Pages_ for the project, under _Configuration Properties, Linker, Manifest File_ I set _Generate Manifest_ to _Yes_.

 

This fixed the issue.

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