Re: Gtkmm Windows Runtime Installer - Silent Option

[Jens Georg <mail jensge org>]

> Yes, I think this is fairly common on Windows. Even MS doesn't seem to
> have a good-enough record of ABI stability for all their DLLs, plus
> installers are rarely well-behaved, so they can easily overwrite each
> other's DLLs if they are shared. Opinions differ.

At least Microsoft is trying to clean that up using their Side-By-Side 
Assembly cache and (embedded) manifests(ever seen the WinSxS directory, 
which is intended for .NET but which applies to runtime DLLs as well).