mfc120.dll is missing after opening my project exe

Balamurugan B

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I have a MFC vc++ project and I have exe file for this project using Visual Studio 2013. When i open the project exe it is working fine on my development machine. But when i open this exe in my customer machine im getting error "The program can't start because mfc120.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

I noticed that my project exe file is working if the system has Visual Studio installed. I also installed "Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013" but even after installing im getting same error. Please suggest a solution.

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Amit Gupta7y ago
Accepted answer
If you are using any dll reference then it must be present in the directory of executable.

You can register using regsvr32 command in cmd like
regsvr32 YourDllName

or a reference can be seen on the below link
https://www.draytek.com/en/faq/faq-miscellaneous/miscellaneous.smart-monitor/mfc120.dll-was-not-found%E2%80%9D-error-message-when-try-to-start-smart-monitor/

Good Luck
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Balamurugan B7y ago
Thank for your suggestions. I installed 32bit version of Visual C++ Redistribute and i removed unwanted third-party debug dlls in my project. now it is working.
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