[Python-Dev] runtime dlls on Windows

[Sebastian Krause]

Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>> BUT -- Steve Dower seems to have identified that the wonders of dll hell
>> never cease, and this isn't possible anyway. Oh well.
>
> I'm not entirely grasping what's happening here. There are multiple
> versions of msvcp140.dll floating around out there; what happens if
> one app requires one of them and another requires another? Can you
> simply say "take the newer one"? Is there a way to instantly recognize
> that there's a newer one available, and ignore the older one?
> Versioning is a *pain*.

Windows executables can and should ask for specific versions of the
DLLs in the manifest (an XML file embedded in the EXE). Details
here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-by-side_assembly

Sebastian