How do you pack a visual studio c++ project for release?

Question

I\'m wondering how to make a release build that includes all necessary dll files into the .exe so the program can be run on a non-development machine without it having to in

Answer 1

You need to set the run-time library (Under C/C++ -> Code Generation) for ALL projects to static linkage, which correlates to the following default building configurations:

• Multithreaded Debug/Release
• Singlethreaded Debug/Release

As opposed to the "DLL" versions of those libraries.

Even if you do that, depending on the libraries you're using, you might have to install a Merge Module/framework/etc. It depends on whether static LIB versions of your dependencies are available.