running on another computer

[Zackfriedman]

I created a very simple .exe application in Visual Studio 2017. However, it only runs on computers the have Visual Studio installed. Otherwise, it returns an error that states "The program can't start because MSVCP140D.dll is missing from your computer." What can I do need to do to my Visual Studio project or what runtime to i need to have installed on the target computer to fix this.

thanks in advance.

[jonnin]

MSVCP140D.dll

The D in that DLL stands for debug. You compiled your program in debug, not release, mode. The debug DLLS are not on machines without VS.

[Zackfriedman]

thanks that was the answer!