Deploying with no Setup

[bennyboy2]

I've put a lot of work into a Setup project for a program I made for some students. As I feared, it worked great for 80% of them, but 20% couldn't get the program to install or run-- right now, I'm guessing they don't have admin privileges, and I can't ask the kids' parents to provide them.

So I want to deploy the program as a runalone in a folder (which students will unzip on their desktops), with NO VCREDIST. If it's not fast and easy, they simply won't use it.

My question-- how do I figure out what dlls to include in the folder so I don't need vcredist? Are my students going to get an error saying they need to install vcredist anyway? Part of my problem is I can't find a version of windows, or a computer system, crappy enough to reproduce what they're getting at home.


Thanks for your help-- I couldn't have made the original program without help from codeguru users, and I hope I can finish it off soon.



One more thing-- will using %temp% as part of a filepath in Vista break the program? I've heard something about virtual paths, etc., but I use XP.