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    Ok, I just finished programming my final project and when I build it in release mode it works fine on my computer... But when I go to run it at home or on any other computer it refuses to do anything. I double click on the executable and it does nothing... not even an error message!

    What is wrong with it! I don't want to throw a year's work down the drain!

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    What kind of a project is it? What about running the debug build version of the program? You're not giving us much to go on.
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    It might be that the files logged on the other computers do not reconise the ones in your programs, im not certain, but it's a guess. I had the same problem once, and it was because my program was handling modules that called for instructions another computer or compiler did not understand

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    Ok, heres some more information.
    I am using a couple Active X controls...
    It is an MFC project.

    I made the release version of the progam because I want to run it at home but as I said it just doesnt do anything. I'm not sure what is different between the computers... Maybe the activeX arent installs the same way or its looking for a file thats not there or something. I really have no way of knowing whats wrong because i dont get an error message.

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    If you compiled it with the "student" edition of the Microsoft compiler, then there is (IIRC) a clause in the licence which basically forbids redistribution (running it on another machine basically).

    Or perhaps try creating a simple "hello world" application and see if that runs successfully as you move it from machine to machine.
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