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Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable x64

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Operating system: Windows XP/2003/Vista
Date added: November 28, 2007
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The Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x64) installs runtime components of Visual C++ Libraries required to run 64-bit applications developed with Visual C++ on a computer that does not have Visual C++ 2008 installed.

This package installs runtime components of C Runtime (CRT), Standard C++, ATL, MFC, OpenMP and MSDIA libraries. For libraries that support side-by-side deployment model (CRT, SCL, ATL, MFC, OpenMP) they are installed into the native assembly cache, also called WinSxS folder, on versions of Windows operating system that support side-by-side assemblies. For more information on supported ways of deployment for Visual C++ applications,

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Version: Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable x64

"Seriously flawed; use 2005 version instead of 2008"

by tyler_folsom on October 2, 2009

Pros: Retains the outstanding features from VC6 and VC2005. Great debugger, good interface.

Cons: Cannot write a program under MSCV 2008, install it on another computer and have it execute.

Summary: I am used to writing a simple program and being able to copy it to a customer's computer and execute it. You can't do that anymore. Copying the EXE and DLLs to the target directory doesn't work anymore The problem has to do with DLLs. You get prog... read more >>

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