Visual Studio 2005 (and other) : how to deploy debug dll (msvcp80p.dll & friends, for debugging purposes) - visual-studio

Question

I am trying to run (and debug) my application on a remote computer where Visual Studio 2005 is not installed.
My current problem is that I am facing the (in)famous error : "The application failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect".
Here is what I did :
1) Install all the required vcredist on the target computer :
(I do need all theses versions since some libraries were compiled some months ago, with a previous runtime...).
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package ATL Security Update
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package ATL Security Update
After installing those redist, the release version works fine.
2) Install the debug dll following the instructions given on the following MSDN pages: Preparing a Test Machine To Run a Debug Executable and at How to: Deploy using XCopy
As mentioned in "Preparing a Test Machine To Run a Debug Executable":
I did run "msiexec /i microsoft_vc80_debugcrt_x86.msm" --> This did not solve the problem.
After that, I added "msiexec /i policy_8_0_Microsoft_VC80_DebugMFC_x86.msm" --> No luck either.
As a last resort, I did "msiexec /i" for all the msm that are in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Merge Modules\*VC80*.msm --> No luck either
As mentionned is "Deploy using XCopy":
I also copied (in subfolders) all the subfolders of
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\redist\x86\
and
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\redist\Debug_NonRedist\x86\
to my app dir on the target machine.
The problem is still present.
Does anyone know what I might be missing ?

Answer 1

Let me answer my own question : the easiest way is to add a "Setup and deployment project" to the solution.
Right click solution / Add new project : Other Project types / Setup and deployment
Right click the new deployment project and select "Add/Project Output" then select your target project
--> this will create a msi that will install all required debug dll !
(Once installed by the msi, the debug dlls are deployed once and for all : you will not need to reinstall them using an msi each time you want to test a new build).

Answer 2

You can use the Dependency Walker tool to find what DLL(s) you missed.