[RESOLVED] OK to Distribute these DLLs for VB6 App?

[zlander]

Greetings,

Is it necessary to distribute all of these DLL files for a VB6 application targeted at Win9x through Vista?

I'm finding my testers are always asked to reboot after the install.

TIA

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ole2disp.dll
ole2nls.dll
oleaut32.dll
olepro32.dll
storage.dll
typelib.dll
usp10.dll
stdole2.tlb
asycfilt.dll
comcat.dll
compobj.dll
mfc40.dll
mfc42.dll
ole2.dll

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[MartinLiss]

Your question may have been answered by this (http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=456795) FAQ.

[si_the_geek]

Moved to Application Deployment forum

Whether or not those files are necessary depends on your program (some are needed for all VB apps, some I haven't seen before). Most installation creation programs (such as Package & Deployment Wizard) will tell you which files your program needs.

As to whether you should actually install all of the files, it does depend on the version of Windows - for Vista it is recommended that you don't install certain files (there is a link in the article that Marty referred to).

[randem]

No!!!!!

[zlander]

This is confusing. mfc40.dll, for example, shows up as a dependency for a control I'm using. How is one supposed to know if this file can be distributed or not?

[randem]

********** Knows, You can use it's Unsafe file to check or you can do the research.

[zlander]

Thanks!