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

If you are looking to find out which dll's your target machine is missing then use depends.exe which used to come with MSDev, but can also be found here. Testing this on a few target machines should tell you which dll's you need to package with your application.