John,
  Your Openssl package should have a manifest file with the same name as 
the executable with a .manifest extension.  I.E. openssl.exe would have 
openssl.exe.manifest .  In that manifest file it tells you what version of 
libraries it is looking for. 

For example part of a manifest file one of my executables has looks like 
below:
<dependency>
  <dependentAssembly>
    <assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='Microsoft.VC90.CRT' 
version='9.0.21022.8' processorArchitecture='x86' 
publicKeyToken='1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b' />
  </dependentAssembly>
</dependency>

The version should point you to the proper set to load.  Hope this helps.

Gerald Collins
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From:   "John" <jw72...@verizon.net>
To:     openssl-users@openssl.org
Date:   06/20/2012 01:13 PM
Subject:        Re: Win32OpenSSL.html
Sent by:        owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org



"John A. Wallace" <jw72...@verizon.net> wrote in 
message news:<00a701cd4f01$2b569ab0$8203d010$@net>...
> Hello.
>
> In this instance I am using 64-bit Win7 on a laptop in a home network. 
> When
> I downloaded this version of OpenSSL
> http://slproweb.com/download/Win64OpenSSL_Light-1_0_1c.exe, during
> installation it alerted me about not finding but needing the Visual C++ 
> 2008
> Redistributable.  I was a bit surprised to see this alert because I 
could
> see that I already had several other such Redistributables installed on 
my
> system. These are what I currently had:
>
> Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.17
> Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.4148
> Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.30729.6161
> Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.17
> Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.4148
> Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161
>
> Apparently, this version of OpenSSL required a different one, so I went
> online hunting down what I could find along these lines until coming 
> across
> another one that seemed to suffice, namely, this one:
>
> Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable - x64 9.0.21022
>
> I was lucky, I suppose, in that I did not have to spend much time 
looking
> around before I found one that would fit the bill and satisfy and 
satisfy
> its requirements. However, to be honest, I am no programmer and, 
> therefore,
> I am not at all sure how many different versions of the 2008 
> Redistributable
> are floating around. In the alert that I got during the installation 
there
> was no mention of any specific version at all.
>
> In general, how would a person know which of these version might be 
needed
> without having to go through a hunt and peck approach while looking for 
> one
> of them? This is an awesome product, but it would be swell also, if
> possible, to tweak the installation process with a little more 
information
> about its dependencies under the circumstances. Or am I seeming too 
picky
> about it? Thanks.
>
>

In fairness I should add to this explanation that I did in fact see on the 

same website where a number of versions of the “C++ 2008 Redistributable” 
were also available for download. Even so, when I clicked on the download 
link of the one identified as the correct version for my installation, it 
directed me to a Microsoft download site on which it stated that the 
system 
requirements for this particular version included a number of other 
operating systems, but it did not include mine. Therefore, I was not sure 
about whether it was appropriate for my situation. It turns out that it 
was 
sufficient, but, again, the Microsoft instructions were not adequately 
prepared for efficiency. Thanks.

John 


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