[Py2exe-users] My python 2.6 program seems to be using the newer Visual Studio 2008 runtime, 9.0.

[James <vi...@ro...>]

I have a program I'm deploying with py2exe.  I used to bundle the
VS2008 redistributable, but that's annoying and I'd rather just bundle
the necessary VS2008 dll/manifest files.

I'm familiar with the wiki where it says:
"For Python 2.6, the DLL you need is called MSVCR90.dll."
"You need the same version that the Python interpreter was compiled
with, which is version 9.0.21022.8."
"You'll need the vcredist_x86.exe that contains the Microsoft Visual
C++ 2008 Redistributable Package published 29-11-2007, so not the
VS2008 SP1 one (tested with Python 2.7.1). "

However, I'm able to run a python 2.6.6 py2exe program on a testing
computer with Windows 7 w/o bundling any dlls.  Using sysinternals
Process Monitor, I can see which files python is accessing.  It seems
Python 2.6.6 is accessing the "9.0.30729.4974" version of msvcr90.dll
and not the "9.0.21022.8" from the wiki.

First - is this correct?  Do newer python builds now use the VS2008
SP1 DLL's instead of the VS2008 ones?

Second - does anyone know a link that shows what versions of windows
include which DLL's?  I know my XP dev machine has those DLL's, and my
new Windows 7 testing machine do - but I'd rather know what the lowest
common denominator is so I can bundle for that.

Thanks!

-James  Y.