Thread: Application has failed to start?

I'm trying to port my editor code into msvc .net 05 and it won't start the app from the IDE or from the command line.

I've looked this error message up and it seems it cannot find vc80 runtime.

I have no idea how to fix this. Perhaps I must re-compile the MSVC 6 engine dll with 05?

Thanks MS for once again making porting existing applications into your ........ a pain in the ass.

Read this mess

http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/vcred...6.asp#MFCSpecs

>>it cannot find a vc80 runtimes<<

You need to distribute the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86) with your applications - or statically link your builds.

Sorry, I misread your post. You should have all the relevant dll's in your %windir%\winsxs directory after installing vc2005.

Not sure if this is relevant but rebuilding the dll might be necessary:

Originally Posted by msdn2

If your DLLs pass CRT resources across the msvcrt.dll and msvcr80.dll boundary, you will encounter issues with mismatched CRTs and need to recompile your project with Visual C++ 2005.

More here:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/abx4dbyh.aspx