Wxmsw262u Vc80: Dll

This is not a COM DLL, so regsvr32 will fail. Do not attempt it.

If you distribute an application that uses wxWidgets 2.6.2, follow these rules:

This DLL is not installed by Windows, Microsoft Office, or common consumer software. It is bundled by developers who use the wxWidgets 2.6.2 framework and compiled their application using Visual C++ 2005 (VC80). wxmsw262u vc80 dll

Common applications that rely on this specific file include:

Because wxWidgets 2.6.2 was released around 2006, the DLL is now nearly two decades old—making it a frequent source of “missing DLL” errors on modern Windows 10 and 11 systems. This is not a COM DLL, so regsvr32 will fail

You could cite the DLL itself as a software component. Example:

wxmsw262u_vc80.dll (version 2.6.2) [Computer software]. WxWidgets Team. (2007). Available from https://www.wxwidgets.org/ Because wxWidgets 2

If you're writing a paper that uses this DLL (e.g., a legacy application analysis), mention:

A technician at a midwestern manufacturing plant wrote to a forum in 2022: Their legacy CNC machine controller (circa 2007) failed to start after an IT security update. Error: wxmsw262u_vc80.dll missing.

The solution was not to find the DLL but to realize the WinSxS folder had been cleaned by a disk tool. Reinstalling vcredist_x86.exe (2005) restored the side-by-side assembly, and the machine functioned immediately. The DLL itself was never missing—it was inside the program folder. The VC80 runtime data had been purged.