LordBenjamin / LordBenjamin/FreeImage.Standard
FreeImage doesn't work on New Windows 11 PC's Because VCOMP140.DLL Is Not Present
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- C#
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Description
If you upgrade a Windows 10 PC to Windows 11, then it seems that VCOMP140.DLL is present, but if you buy a new PC with Windows 11 pre-installed, then VCOMP140.DLL is not included for 64 bit (in C:\Windows\System32 (which is the folder where 64 bit DLLs should be)).
FreeImage therefore doesn't work on New Windows 11 PCs
We have a large user base of people who are not very technically literate, so we can't ask them to jump through a whole lot of difficult hoops. Would it be possible to make FreeImage so that it does not use VCOMP140.DLL
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by investigating how FreeImage is built and why it depends on VCOMP140.DLL, then verify the library on a new 64-bit Windows 11 installation without that DLL; done means it works without requiring users to install the missing dependency.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100