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  1. Jul 13th, 2007, 10:26 AM #1
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    Resolved [RESOLVED] OK to Distribute these DLLs for VB6 App?

    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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    Re: OK to Distribute these DLLs for VB6 App?

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    Re: OK to Distribute these DLLs for VB6 App?

    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).
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    Re: OK to Distribute these DLLs for VB6 App?

    No!!!!!
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  6. Jul 16th, 2007, 03:03 PM #5
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    Re: OK to Distribute these DLLs for VB6 App?

    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?
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    Re: OK to Distribute these DLLs for VB6 App?

    ********** Knows, You can use it's Unsafe file to check or you can do the research.
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  8. Jul 17th, 2007, 12:37 PM #7
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    Re: OK to Distribute these DLLs for VB6 App?

    Thanks!
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