Hi Paul, All,

--- Paul Reeves wrote:

> Because it doesn't work with msvcrt.dll. This file is one of about

fifteen

> system files that are always loaded from system32, whether the .local
> file exists or not. And the .local file is not needed as files not in
> this list (like msvcp60) are loaded according to standard rules.

Believe

> me, I tried with and without the .local files and it made no

difference.

I believe you, I had only forgotten the conclusion of
the past attempts.

> The reason why no attempt is made to install 'our' version of

msvcrt.dll

> into system32 is because it is part of a group of files that must be

kept

> in sync. We either ship all of them (and increase the download size

by at

> least fifty percent) or we do nothing.

Is the entire group of files re-distributable? Then we can put
an zip up and fbserver failing because of msvcrt.dll issues
can popup the download page via
ShellExecute ("http://..../download.html")

Peter

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