I know the policy msm is required as well. I don't remember what their purpose is but they have some effect on the Side by Side system. Did you look in the Event Log when installed with the policy files? I recall that me a clue as to why they were needed, aside of course from the app not running.
Richard-45 wrote: > > > OK, I did a little testing and the results surprised me because the > "working" solution goes against the advice of not including the policy > MSM. > > Scenarios are as follows, all on Windows XP SP 3: > > - No MSMs, run the vcredist_x86.exe, install my application, my app > launches > > - Payload MSM, install my application, my app doesn't launch. > => then run vcredist_x86.exe, my app launches > > - Payload MSM + Policy MSM, install my application, my app launches > > This seems to imply that I *need* the policy MSM in order to launch my > application. I'm not sure what the policy MSM is doing, but I noticed > that it is also installed by the vcredist_x86.exe installer. > > Am I doing something wrong, or do I really need the policy MSM? > -- > "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download > <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/the-direct3d-graphics-pipeline/> > > Legalize Adulthood! <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/best-way-to-deploy-C-runtime-tp3984609p4001134.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
