why does visual studio 2008 runtime require admin privileges, while 2005 and 2010 don't?

Is there a way to copy the libraries from a computer that has them to one that doesn't without using the automate开发者_如何学编程d installer ?

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For the admin part no idea, for the automated installer part, I guess that if you just copy the DLLs in the same folder as the app EXE it will work just fine. I am not sure that this way is approved by MS though.

You'll find the DLLs in the c:\Windows\System32 folders (for VS2008 I guess msvcr90.dll and msvcp90.dll are enough).

Be careful, if you are on a x64 machine those will be x64 dlls, the 32 bits one are in SysWOW64).

You are not allowed to distribute the debug dlls (the one ending with a 'd' before the extension).