Why is my application pointing to a version of the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime not listed...

[Stephen Slaughter]

I have installed the same two Visual C++ redistributables on all servers, but on some of the machines, an application I developed with a 4GL fails. When I use process explorer to discover which .dlls are used by my application, it lists a different version (8.0.50727.8428) of the C++ Runtime that is not listed in the manifest.

Here are the two redistributables that I am using on all of my servers:


· Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=26347 ) – This installs version 8.0.50727.6195 which the executable seems to be targeting and is one of the two versions included in the manifest.
· Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5638 ) This installs version 8.0.50727.762 which is the other version listed in the manifest.

Why would this other version 8.0.50727.8428 be used at all when both the above 2 versions are available? I do not even know what this version is or where it comes from.


Any advice is appreciated. If this question is better suited for a specific MSDN community forum, let me know. I am very new to Microsoft development.


Thanks,

Stephen

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