Running programs on other computers

[Thumper]

I like to let my friends try out my programs, but when they start the program, they always get "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect"

Can anyone tell me why this happens, and how to resolve it?

[Albatross]

It sounds like either there's a missing or broken DLL on their end, or you need to change your compilation settings.

http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444448
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/winsdk/sidebysideerror.aspx

-Albatross

[Thumper]

Thanks! That helped.
So the computer that was trying to run it didn't have the proper files needed to run the executable.
I resolved to statically linking the CRT.