I am trying to test a DLL which was developed in MSVC 2008, when I try to execute the application that uses the DLL I get an entry in the Application event log:

Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program....." Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT.processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyTokeb="lfc8b3b9a1e18e3v",type="win32",version="9.0.210122,8" could not be found. Please use sxtrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.

I downloaded and installed the version of the distribution 9.021022, this is from "Programs and Features":

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.21022 Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17 Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.30319

Even though these are installed it still comes up with the same error in the event viewer.

I'm not sure how to use sxtrace.exe

The OS this is running on:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.125]
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1 Answer

Re-compiled project for release, the release dll's were present on the target, the debug version was not required on the target, works without errors now.

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