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I've heard that statically linking the runtime libraries is usually not recommended so that's out of the question for me. But since I use vc++ 2013, I don't use the dlls that are guaranteed to be on every windows machine. So what do I do so that I don't have to say "oh, and also go to this site and download this other thing" to users, meaning, is there a way to just put those dlls in with my application? if I can, where can I get them from?

Also, I've noticed that every pc I've tested this on, I had to have the Redistributable Packages downloaded, but how is it that no other apps on peoples' computers have required them to download this if you need those for vc++ 2013?

Charles Hetterich
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    Create an installer and package the redistributable along with your application. – Praetorian Jan 27 '15 at 06:13
  • @Praetorian can you go into a bit of detail on that or where I can learn more about it? I don't have much experience shipping my product – Charles Hetterich Jan 27 '15 at 06:15
  • I don't have much experience with this either, so I can't be of much help, but [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/11262435/241631) shows how to do what you want if you're using [WiX](http://wixtoolset.org/) to create the installer. – Praetorian Jan 27 '15 at 06:20

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Here's the simple answer for you --

Choose Properties | C/C++ | Code Generation | Runtime Library

Once there, for Debug versions choose "Multi-threaded Debug (/MTd)"

and for Release versions choose "Multi-threaded (/MT)"

If for some strange reason that doesn't work, you must include the file "vcredist.exe" with your application.

Taken from Here.

David
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