Question

We are developing software which uses third party components with build and runtime licencing (if the software is not installed on the developer machine, visual studio complains when trying to generate a licence). Are there any general ways to register the required information in the registry without installing the third party components? The reason for asking is because the difference between a developer machine and the typical client/tester machine is the biggest reason for the “works on my machine”-syndrome. We want to emulate the client enviroment, which means avoiding as many locally installed third party components as possible on the dev machines.

Answer 1

The proper solution is a VM. Registry hacks won’t magically create licenses.