Setting up OpenCV 2.4.3 & Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 ( Win8 x64 )

Question

I want to configure opencv with Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 8 x64.
I configured opencv and there is no compilation errors, but when I execute my program I get this error :

The program can’t start because MSVCR100D.dll is missing from your computer

I tried to install Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64) but always the same error.

Answer 1

After configuring the paths and libraries in Visual Studio as mentioned in http://karanjthakkar.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/usin-opencv-2-4-2-with-visual-studio-2012-on-windows-7-64-bit/ you need to install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679

After restarting your PC, opencv code could be executed in Release mode. If you need to execute the code in Debug mode, then you would have to install the Redistributable version with "D".

This worked with Opencv 2.4.6, Windows 8.1 and VS 2012 Desktop.

Answer 2

If it's still relevant, try this tutorial to create project and configure OpenCV directories:

http://karanjthakkar.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/usin-opencv-2-4-2-with-visual-studio-2012-on-windows-7-64-bit/

It worked for me on Windows 8 (x64) with Visual Studio 2012 and OpenCV 2.4.3.

Answer 3

Without having any experience with Windows 8 myself, I think this post could solve your problem.

Basically it says that the default system folder for Win 8 is c:\windows\system, unlike c:\windows\system32 on earlier systems. The redistributables probably install to the old system directory, so you have to move the dll to the correct folder manually.

You could also search the file on your PC and put it into the working folder of your program. This is in most cases the output folder, if you run it in Debug mode from VS it can also be the project folder.