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Hi guys,
Merry Christmas.

I created a program to delete duplicate songs from my computer. It is working nicely and for it to be really helpful I want to package it somehow so that I can give the software to my friends for use.

Now I know giving just the .exe file will not work on other computers ( no visual studio on my friends computers).

So can someone please tell me how I would go about creating what I need to accomplish my goal. I am guessing it will be like an installer or something on the lines of Windows Installer or Installshield, but I have no idea.

and yes, you can be the first to use my useful new software ;)
( kidding, I know there are many such things available, but I just wanted to create my own)

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Member Avatar for pspwxp fan

Err, my programs work perfectly well on other computers :/
Although they are CLI based, but it shouldn't make much difference ;)

Or, you can use a zipping program like WinZip to package your files up :)

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Member Avatar for Stefano Mtangoo

Use Inno setup or nullsoft installer makers. If you have $$ I will say go for installshield
I have tried to pack my software previous with Inno, it is easy!

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Make sure you compile the program(s) for release, not debug. You might also have to install one or more of Microsoft's dlls, they are located in a folder called redist in the compiler's install directory. On my computer they are here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\redist\x86\Microsoft.VC90.CRT

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