msvcr80.dll query

[Brendan]

Hi folks,

I've recently started using VC++ 8.0 (+sp1) to build an application previously built using VC++ 7.0. My app now won't run on Vista32. I get a messge saying that msvcr80.dll cannot be found. This might not be a vista issue - as the app also now has a problem on xpsp2 - where I get a runtime library error regarding R6034 saying the app isn't loading tyhe runtime library correctly. Is there some aspect of Vista that exposes a problem in an app built using VC++ 8.0 ?

Please excuse the verbosity - this is my first post.

Thanks,

Brendan

[Steve]

Hi Brendan,

can you download the latest Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package from here Download details: Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)

This should give and let vista see msvcr80.dll

Let us know how you get on,

regards

Steve

[Brendan]

Hi Steve,

My IT colleagues had actually already done that. The reason was because I was getting a side-by-side error on other apps - and the recommended solution was to download that package.

I should add, that before downloading the package, the xpower app was doing noting. I.e., if I typed "xpower" in a command window, I got no response at all. So I considered the msvcr80.dll an improvement of sorts.

Brendan

[Steve]

Hi Brendan,

Is msvcr80.dll actually on your system?

If you do have it can you right click on the Command Prompt and select Run As Administrator and the type

Quote:

RegSvr32.exe msvcr80.dll

When the error occurs can you have a look in the Event Viewer and for any Error that shows up around this time can you copy and paste it into this post.

regards

Steve

[Brendan]

Hi Steve,

I have 3 versions of the file - all in sub-folders of c:\Windows\winsxs.
I don't know what you mean by right-clicking on the command window. Idid open up a command window and right clicked on it -there were no administrator options.

Brendan

[Steve]

Hi Brendan,

see this page on how to run the command prompt as administrator... Vista Command Prompt

then type the regsvr32 command

regards

Steve

[Brendan]

Hi Steve,

I followed all those steps but I am not being allowed open up the resultant cmd window as an administrator. This is seemingly a control put in place by my employer's IT people. (The machine in question is not my own.)

Brendan