MSVCP120D.dll is missing from your computer

Question

I made a C++ program in Visual Studio, and I wanted to show it to my friend. However, I'd never set up the visual C++ runtime libraries before, and so I started up a windows 8.1 virtual machine and tried to install the libraries there, from this link. However, after installing them, the VM gave this error;

What do I need to install to get the program to work correctly? (the executable is called Main.exe, by the way.)

Solution

MSVCP120D.dll is the Debug enabled version of the Standard C++ Library, which is not licensed for redistribution.

Compile your code in Release mode, and the dependency will change to MSVCP120.dll (note, no D), which the user should have, now that you have installed the MSVCRT redistributable package.

Comments

[Frank Thomas]

Note that while this question is entirely on-topic on SU, you might get a quicker response on SO, and also not be subjected to close votes from anyone who assumes a Visual Studio question is about code.

[Maurdekye]

I'm not exactly sure how to compile it in release mode, but I followed the instructions from this post and changed the project configuration from Debug to Release, and then rebuilt it. However, after moving the new executable over and running it, I got exactly the same error as before, with MSVCP120D.dll missing and all.

[Frank Thomas]

see if you find your answer here: stackoverflow.com/questions/20890458/…