Ulf Lamping wrote: >> I followed the instructions at >> http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSetupWin32.html >> (very nice job by the way) > > thanks! > >> Everything works great for windows XP users. However on win2k3 systems >> when trying to execute the wireshark program >> We get the following error message "This application failed to start >> because MSVCR80.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix >> this problem" >> >> Re-installing does not fix the problem. On the win2k3 machines the >> msvcr80.dll file is located in one of the C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_xxxx >> folders. >> >> I have looked through the config.nmake file and see nothing that would >> address this. Any suggestions? thanks. >> > > I guess you've already changed the MSVC_VARIANT to meet your compiler variant > (and I guess it's MSVC2005 Express Edition). > > If MSVC_VARIANT is set right, the file vcredist_x86.exe must reside in the > libs directory. If you build an installer, this file will be included then, > you will notice a copyright note of Microsoft while installation of WS. > > As msvcr80.dll is in one of the WinSxS folders, I assume that this worked ok. > > Unfortunately, Microsoft seems to have problems with win2k3 in this case - as > we've followed the official way to install the missing msvcr80.dll :-( > > You could try to copy this dll into c:\Program Files\Wireshark, it may work > then (there might be two other dlls also missing, can't remember their exact > name). > > If this works, please let us know. We could let the installer copy this dll > (these dlls) into the program files dir automatically. This isn't really > nice, but it seems to be the only way to handle this case then :-( >
Could this be a manifest issue in that we are not specifying the correct Side-by-Side (SxS) copy of the dll? -- Regards, Graham Bloice _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
