http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/265019 Feed for thread: FYI: Need to install MS VC 2005 redistributable when using matlab compiler/component runtime en-us &copy;1994-2012 by MathWorks, Inc. webmaster@mathworks.com MATLAB Central Newsreader http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.mathworks.com/images/membrane_icon.gif Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:22:03 -0500 http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/265019#692212 Tim Just spent several days trying to get our app built with vs2003/matlab 7.6/xp/vista working with vs2003/matlab r2009B/Windows 7.<br> <br> The app was bombing during startup. Noticed the error message below in the event viewer. Installed MS VC 2005 redistributable and everything started working.<br> <br> Would have expected these DLLs to be included in the MCRinstaller. MCRinstaller is a bloated 176MB - surely room enough for a couple of extra DLLs.<br> <br> Tim.<br> <br> Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\MATLAB\MATLAB Compiler Runtime\v711\bin\win32\hg.dll". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.MFC,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50727.762" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:02:03 -0500 http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/265019#693270 Tim To clarify, the runtime needs Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package _SP1_<br> <br> "Tim" &lt;tadler@wcmbllc.remove.this.com&gt; wrote in message &lt;hcsuqb$6sv$1@fred.mathworks.com&gt;...<br> &gt; Just spent several days trying to get our app built with vs2003/matlab 7.6/xp/vista working with vs2003/matlab r2009B/Windows 7.<br> &gt; <br> &gt; The app was bombing during startup. Noticed the error message below in the event viewer. Installed MS VC 2005 redistributable and everything started working.<br> &gt; <br> &gt; Would have expected these DLLs to be included in the MCRinstaller. MCRinstaller is a bloated 176MB - surely room enough for a couple of extra DLLs.<br> &gt; <br> &gt; Tim.<br> &gt; <br> &gt; Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\MATLAB\MATLAB Compiler Runtime\v711\bin\win32\hg.dll". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC80.MFC,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50727.762" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.