Is it possible to load merge modules for VC ++ 2008 (CRT) without Visual Studio?
I have an old Visual Studio 6 project and an old Install Shield installer. I use some third-party DLLs that depend on MSVCR90.DLL among others (installing a DLL in my program folder does not work, although maybe I am missing some others.)
Why this is necessary - manually install the Microsoft Visual C ++ 2008 redistributable SP1 (vcredist_x86.exe) on the client machine.
I read here that the preferred way to distribute these works is through linked merge modules. But I can't find a way to get merge modules if I don't have VS 2008 yet!
By the way, third-party DLLs come with their own OEM installer, but it's 80 MB, and I hope to avoid having to distribute this. Vcredist_x86.exe - only 4 MB.
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