Question regarding Distributable Code Files for Visual Studio 2015

Question

Hi all,

I have created a c++ app using visual studio 2015. My distribution package requires files msvcp140.dll and vcruntime140.dll in order for my app to run correctly on another pc. According to https://www.visualstudio.com/license-terms/distributable-code-microsoft-visual-studio-2015-rc-microsoft-visual-studio-2015-sdk-rc-includes-utilities-buildserver-files/   :

Visual C++ Runtime Files

Subject to the License Terms for the software, you may copy and distribute with your program any of the files within the followng folder and its subfolders except as noted below. You may not modify these files.

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\redist

Since both of the above files reside in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\redist I can distribute these two files with my executable.

However  I also need file msvcr120.dll due to a precompiled third party library that I also use and was already built with Microsoft Visual Studio 2013. This file resides in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Team Tools\Performance Tools.

My question is whether I'm allowed to distribute msvcr120.dll with my package as well?

Answer 1

Hi,

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Answer 2

No problem at all.

I don't think anyone knows exactly where all the Microsoft Forums are, there is so many :)

Cheers.

Answer 3

Hi,

Your question is outside the scope of this Community.

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Cheers.

Hi,

Your question is outside the scope of this Community.

Kindly post your question to the MSDN Visual Studio Forums.

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?category=visualstudio

TechNet Forums:

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Cheers.

Thanks for the support and sorry for any inconvenience.