Allegro will not run in Visual C++ Express 2008 http://www.allegro.cc/forums/view/600974 Allegro.cc Forum Thread matthew@allegro.cc (Matthew Leverton) Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:12:04 +0000

I downloaded the Microsoft Visual C++ binary files and installed them according to the wiki. I also changed the project property values as instructed. Compiling the "Hello World" example works fine, but when trying to build the project, the program halts with the following pop-up:

"Unable to Locate Component - This application has failed to start because alld42.dll was not found."

I did check that I had copied the alld42.dll into the /system32 directory. My guess is that this problem has something to do with the fact that I'm running on 64bit Vista, since before I had successfully installed Allegro on an old XP machine. Thanks for any help in advance.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (cabalistik) Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:33:11 +0000

I think 32bit libs have to go somewhere in the WoW directory on 64bit windows. Not 100% sure on that though.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (Thomas Fjellstrom) Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:35:58 +0000

Thank you very much Thomas! I found the SysWOW64 directory and now everything works perfectly.

]]> no-reply@allegro.cc (cabalistik) Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:12:04 +0000