[Qt-interest] (solved) Mismatched VC90 CRT versions in manifest file

[Michael Jackson]

On 1/28/10 3:50 PM, in article 4B61F8AC.1020007 at thesmithfam.org, "Dave
Smith" wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>   
>>> Has something changed of late to render this method ineffectual?
>>>   
>>>     
>> 
>> I'm starting to wonder if Visual Studio 2008 SP1 is the culprit, but I
>> can't seem to downgrade back to RTM. Does anyone know if this stuff
>> broke with SP1? And how to downgrade (or whether it's even possible)?
>>   
> 
> There is indeed a problem with VS 2008 SP1. The manifest files that it
> bundles in the Qt DLLs and my application executable depend on an older
> version of the VC90 CRT. To fix it, I have to include that version of
> the CRT in my application installation folder (inside
> Microsoft.VC90.CRT). I will post a blog article on how I fixed it. I can
> now install Qt apps on a fresh XP machine without using the lame
> vcredist installer.
> 
> Michael Jackson: I saw your link, and that looks very helpful.
> 
> --Dave

Just for the record I did NOT write that blog entry. Bill Hoffman at Kitware
(www.kitware.com) wrote it. Just making sure Bill gets all the credit for
the hard work he put into that article.

Mike Jackson