Cl.exe and mt.exe but got "...MSVCR80.dll was not found. Re-installing..."

Question

The compile and manifest were completed with no complaints but when I ran the code, I got "This application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.".
Here is what I did:
Step 1: Compile and manifest
"%MSVCDir%\bin\cl.exe" /I"%JAVA_HOME%\include" /I"%JAVA_HOME%\include\win32" /MD /LD /FeBinless.dll ../info/binless/jni_binless.c ../jni_shared/jni_gen_c.c ../jni_entropy/jni_entropy_c.c ../jni_input/jni_input_c.c ../info/binless/binless_c.c ../../info/binless/BinlessOpenComp.c ../../info/binless/BinlessWarpComp.c ../../info/binless/BinlessEmbedComp.c ../../info/binless/BinlessInfoComp.c ../../shared/MatrixToHist2DComp.c ../../shared/Info2DComp.c ../../shared/sort_c.c ../../shared/gen_c.c ../../shared/hist_c.c ../../input/input_c.c ../../entropy/entropy_c.c ../../entropy/entropy_bub_c.c ../../entropy/entropy_chaoshen_c.c ../../entropy/entropy_ma_c.c ../../entropy/entropy_tpmc_c.c ../../entropy/entropy_jack_c.c ../../entropy/entropy_plugin_c.c ../../entropy/entropy_ww_c.c ../../entropy/variance_jack_c.c ../../entropy/variance_boot_c.c ../../entropy/entropy_nsb_c.cpp /link libxml2.lib libgsl.a libgslcblas.a >> binless-out.txt
mt.exe -manifest Binless.dll.manifest -outputresource:Binless.dll;2
The operating system is Windows XP and has the following environment variables:
PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%LIBXMLDir%\bin;%ICONVDir%\bin;%GNUWINDir%\bin;%WINSDKDir%\bin;%MSVCDir%\bin;%MSVCDir%\..\Common7\IDE;%ZLIBDir%\bin;%systemroot%\system32;%systemroot%;%systemroot%\system32\wbem
INCLUDE=%WINSDKDir%\include;%GNUWINDir%\include;%MSVCDir%\include;%MSVCDir%\PlatformSDK\include;%JAVA_HOME%\include;%JAVA_HOME%\include\win32;%LIBXMLDir%\include;%ICONVDir%\include;%ZLIBDir%\include
LIB=%WINSDKDir%\lib;%GNUWINDir%\lib;%MSVCDir%\lib;%MSVCDir%\PlatformSDK\lib;%LIBXMLDir%\lib;%ICONVDir%\lib;%ZLIBDir%\lib
where:
GNUWINDir=c:\project\lib\GnuWin32
ZLIBDir=c:\project\lib\zlib
ICONVDir=c:\project\lib\iconv
LIBXMLDir=c:\project\lib\libxml2
WINSDKDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A
MSVCDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC
Step 2: Compile the Java jni code
javac -d ..\classes ..\server\Binless.java
Step 3: Run the code
java -classpath ..\classes jni.test.test_binless
Got: This application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

This is a Windows side-by-side issue not a JNI issue. As such it doesn't really
belong in this forum except as an object lesson to people who create JNI's.
I had these issues when I moved to Visual Studio 2005 - which, oddly enough,
was the version of the IDE where SxS support was not only introduced, but
enforced.
The fact that you tried to put a SxS folder in the PATH tells me you know
nothing about how SxS and manifests works. You need to learn about these
things and then your problems will become blushingly obvious.
The Binless.dll manifest must be embedded, and it must contain dependency
entries that specify the SxS requirements, including the version(s) of the
dependent libraries. Secondly, the specific version of the libraries must be
installed on the target system.
My guess is your manifest specifies a CRT version that's not installed on your
system and that is why the system is complaining. Look for the
Binless.dll.intermediate.manifest file. It will tell you what your dll expects.
Here's an example of a dll (debug version) manifest:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?>
<assembly xmlns='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' manifestVersion='1.0'>
  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
    <security>
      <requestedPrivileges>
        <requestedExecutionLevel level='asInvoker' uiAccess='false' />
      </requestedPrivileges>
    </security>
  </trustInfo>
  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT' version='9.0.30729.4148' processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b' />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='Microsoft.VC90.DebugMFC' version='9.0.30729.4148' processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b' />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity type='win32' name='Microsoft.VC90.ATL' version='9.0.30729.4148' processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b' />
    </dependentAssembly>
  </dependency>
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Cheers,
Mike