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A simple solution I'm using is to always install following DLLs on the same folder of your exe:<br />
Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifes<wbr />t<br />
Microsoft.VC80.MFC.manifes<wbr />t<br />
msvcp71.dll<br />
msvcp80.dll<br />
msvcr71.dll<br />
msvcr80.dll
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A simple solution I'm using is to always install following DLLs on the same folder of your exe:
Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
Microsoft.VC80.MFC.manifest
msvcp71.dll
msvcp80.dll
msvcr71.dll
msvcr80.dll

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Is that what everybody is doing? &nbsp;I was looking for a best practice, I'm surprised there is no guidance on this.
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Is that what everybody is doing?  I was looking for a best practice, I'm surprised there is no guidance on this.

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I have a wix installer that installs a visual C application via MSI. &nbsp; On a clean install of vista I get some side by side errors in the event log and my executable service won't start. &nbsp; Installing vcredist_x86.exe solves this problem but leaves me with the question of how to properly redistribute the contents of vcredist_x86.exe.<br />
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Do I use merge modules? &nbsp;Do I try and use a custom application to launch the file? &nbsp;What's best practice for this? &nbsp;I'd assume I'd find clear instructions some where since it must be a very common case but so far I'm still stumped.
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I have a wix installer that installs a visual C application via MSI.   On a clean install of vista I get some side by side errors in the event log and my executable service won't start.   Installing vcredist_x86.exe solves this problem but leaves me with the question of how to properly redistribute the contents of vcredist_x86.exe.

Do I use merge modules?  Do I try and use a custom application to launch the file?  What's best practice for this?  I'd assume I'd find clear instructions some where since it must be a very common case but so far I'm still stumped.

What's the best way to redistribute vcredist_x86.exe in my wix installer?

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