Is there a version of the VC++ 2008 Redistributable Package with the DEBUG dlls?

Question

Hello All,

We have a (mainly) C#/WPF application that invokes some C++ libraries via interop.

For testing purposes (and because of some inconsistencies in a third party library), we would like to distribute a debug version or our application on a target machine, partially for remote debugging.

In any case, when doing so, the program barfs with a dreaded 0x800736B1 error loading a C++ dll. This appears to be (at least until we find the next stumbling block) caused by not having a debug version of the VC++ runtime libraries installed on the target machine.

Is there a version of the VC++ redistributable package with debug libraries, or failing that, is there a "preferred" way of putting those libraries on a test machine?

Thanks, wTs

Answer 1

If the target machine is under your control, you may want to install Visual Studio on it. That will deploy the debug version of the runtime.

Alternatively, copy the side-by-side libraries from your development machine to the target machine. Look in %windir%\WinSxS. On my dev machine (VS 2008 SP1), they reside in the following folders:

%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21022.8_x-ww_597c3456
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.1_x-ww_f863c71f
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4148_x-ww_5d84dd2f
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugMFC_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21022.8_x-ww_2a62a75b
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugMFC_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.1_x-ww_c94a3a24
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugMFC_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4148_x-ww_2e6b5034
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugOpenMP_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21022.8_x-ww_72b673b0
%windir%\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugOpenMP_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4148_x-ww_76bf1c89