Re: .exe transportability

I may not be at the right forum but I'm posting here because it's
highly active.

I found many discussions on this specific topic but NO definitive
solution.
Hope someone can help.

Here is my problem of the day:

The output mtrx2col.exe (a very simple, small C++ script) can only
work in the directory where I instructed the compiler to put it. If I
just copy the .exe in another directory it does not work.

When I launch it (as command line), a pop-up window reports this
error:

"This application has failed to start because MSVCP90D.dll was not
found"

Note that the mtrx2col.exe is not library dependent, i.e. it does not
point to any library at all.

Hence the question: are the .exe files transportable? What is that pop-
up error about?

I do not use the MS Visual C++. I use the compiler directly as command
line, which is:


The compiler version is:
Microsoft 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 for
80x86

The .manifest file seems correctly pointing to the MSVCP90D.dll which
is in this directory:

C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS
\x86_Microsoft.VC90.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21022.8_x-ww_d08d0375

The .manifest file:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?>
<assembly xmlns='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1'
manifestVersion='1.0'>
  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
    <security>
      <requestedPrivileges>
        <requestedExecutionLevel level='asInvoker' uiAccess='false' />
      </requestedPrivileges>
    </security>
  </trustInfo>
  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT'
version='9.0.21022.8'
    processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b' />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>
</assembly>