How can I distribute msvr71.dll (dll runtime dll for Microsoft Visual C ++)

Question

I have an application that requires msvcr71.dll. Some machines do not have a DLL. Instead of asking the user to install the VC ++ runtime, I would like to distribute the DLL (only one msvcr71.dll file) with our application. This is copied to the application installation directory.

In terms of licensing, am I doing this right? I could not find a license agreement.

The page indicates the following:

For Msvcr70.dll or for Msvcr71.dll you must install the CRT DLL in the directory of your program files. You should not install these files in the Windows system directories. For Msvcr80.dll and for Msvcr90.dll you must install CRT as Windows builds.

Answer 1

There Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003should be a file redist.txtin which the rules for redistributing various files from Visual Studio are indicated. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa984372.aspx has a different list of places to check for redist.txt.