Unable to register dlls on clean machine when using merge modules.
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Friday, February 04, 2011 9:49 AM
Hi,
Our dlls require vcredist to be shipped along with it to get registered on clean machine. However, if I use merge modules instead of vcredist.exe, the dlls fails to register. Here is the output of sxstrace:
INFO: Parsing Manifest File C:\Program Files\Adobe\MyFolder\MyDll.dll.
INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is (null).
INFO: Reference: Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8"
INFO: Reference: Microsoft.VC90.MFC,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8"
INFO: Reference: Microsoft.VC90.ATL,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8"
INFO: Resolving reference Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8".
INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture x86.
INFO: Resolving reference for culture Neutral.
INFO: Applying Binding Policy.
INFO: Find publisher policy at C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\x86_policy.9.0.microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4926_none_f47c47b2f658b4a8.manifest
INFO: Publisher Policy redirected assembly version.
INFO: Post policy assembly identity is Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.30729.4926".
INFO: Begin assembly probing.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4926_none_508ed732bcbc0e5a.manifest.
INFO: Manifest found at C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4926_none_508ed732bcbc0e5a.manifest.
INFO: End assembly probing.
INFO: Resolving reference Microsoft.VC90.CRT.mui,language="*",processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.30729.4926".
INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture x86.
INFO: Resolving reference for culture en-US.
INFO: Applying Binding Policy.
INFO: No publisher policy found.
INFO: No binding policy redirect found.
INFO: Begin assembly probing.
INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.mui\9.0.30729.4926_en-US_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.mui.DLL.
INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en-US.
INFO: End assembly probing.
INFO: Resolving reference for culture en.
INFO: Applying Binding Policy.
INFO: No publisher policy found.
INFO: No binding policy redirect found.
INFO: Begin assembly probing.
INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.mui\9.0.30729.4926_en_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.mui.DLL.
INFO: Did not find manifest for culture en.
INFO: End assembly probing.
INFO: Resolving reference Microsoft.VC90.MFC,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8".
INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture x86.
INFO: Resolving reference for culture Neutral.
INFO: Applying Binding Policy.
INFO: No publisher policy found.
INFO: No binding policy redirect found.
INFO: Begin assembly probing.
INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\Microsoft.VC90.MFC\9.0.21022.8__1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b\Microsoft.VC90.MFC.DLL.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Adobe\MyFolder\Microsoft.VC90.MFC.DLL.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Adobe\MyFolder\Microsoft.VC90.MFC.MANIFEST.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Adobe\MyFolder\Microsoft.VC90.MFC\Microsoft.VC90.MFC.DLL.
INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Program Files\Adobe\MyFolder\Microsoft.VC90.MFC\Microsoft.VC90.MFC.MANIFEST.
INFO: Did not find manifest for culture Neutral.
INFO: End assembly probing.
ERROR: Cannot resolve reference Microsoft.VC90.MFC,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8".
ERROR: Activation Context generation failed.
End Activation Context Generation.
Where am I going wrong?
I have installed following updates:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=294DE390-3C94-49FB-A014-9A38580E64CB&displaylang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=75FBF397-5140-4961-92A9-78A88BA7228F
Regards
All Replies
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Monday, February 07, 2011 3:41 PM
I wrote a blog post describing this type of issue at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2007/01/09/problems-with-custom-actions-that-depend-on-the-visual-c-8-0-runtime-files-on-windows-vista.aspx. There are a few options for working around this type of issue listed in that blog post, so hopefully one of them will be helpful in your scenario as well.
Thanks!
- Marked As Answer by onsAdb Friday, December 02, 2011 8:52 PM
