My first functioning directx program

let me know if it's working. I tried to share it with some other friends of mine and it didn't work, so I had to do a crash-course (i.e., google research) into getting my exe files working on other people's computers.

It did not work for me with the following error (pop up window):
test3.exe

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail.

Event viewer says this:
Activation context generation failed for "test3.exe". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.

So I did the sxstrace.exe (had never heard of this before) and received this after parsing it:

=================Begin Activation Context Generation.Input Parameter:	Flags = 0	ProcessorArchitecture = x86	CultureFallBacks = en-US;en	ManifestPath = C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\Flower\test3.exe	AssemblyDirectory = C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\Flower	Application Config File = -----------------INFO: Parsing Manifest File test3.exe.	INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is (null).	INFO: Reference: Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8"INFO: Resolving reference Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8".	INFO: Resolving reference for ProcessorArchitecture x86.		INFO: Resolving reference for culture Neutral.			INFO: Applying Binding Policy.				INFO: No publisher policy found.				INFO: No binding policy redirect found.			INFO: Begin assembly probing.				INFO: Did not find the assembly in WinSxS.				INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT\9.0.21022.8__1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b\Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT.DLL.				INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\Flower\Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT.DLL.				INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\Flower\Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT.MANIFEST.				INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\Flower\Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT\Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT.DLL.				INFO: Attempt to probe manifest at C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\Flower\Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT\Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT.MANIFEST.				INFO: Did not find manifest for culture Neutral.			INFO: End assembly probing.	ERROR: Cannot resolve reference Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8".ERROR: Activation Context generation failed.End Activation Context Generation.

Drat. I know it worked for one person. Maybe I used the wrong dlls or something. But my impression was it should work fine for people with visual studio and directx installed, I just needed to include the dlls for people who don't.

It's supposed to display a rotating flower.

I don't know if it makes a difference but I only have MS Express installed and not the full blown visual studio. I've never seen this error before so I'm searching.

I found an article that explains one possible issue but it may also occur if you compiled it in an operating system other than what I'm using (I have 32 bit Vista).

Edit - close that anchor!

That's probably it. I'm running xp sp2. :(

Fire up my laptop, download the newest version of the DirectX SDK and it works!