windeployqt is a deployment tool that automates the process of creating a deployable folder that contains all the necessary dependencies to run applications built with the Qt framework.
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How to setup Qt Creator to use windeployqt?
I am trying to compile my code in Qt Creator on Windows, and it compiles and runs in Qt Creator. However, when I try to run the exe from outside Qt Creator, I get errors about missing dlls.
From what I've researched so far, there are two…

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How to make windeployqt include only the needed modules?
Due to concerns with some Qt libraries with GPL licenses(most are LGPL available), we removed most unused dependencies on our project. After running windeployqt:
windeployqt.exe --dir setup --compiler-runtime --release --qmldir ..\Qml…

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error while execution of qt .exe file using windeployqt
I have a problem with my qt deployment under windows 10. I'm using QtCreator 4.5.1 and Qt 5.11 on Windows 10. I execute my application in release mode. Then I open the command line by running Qt5.11.0 for Desktop(MinGw 5.3.0 32 bit). There I give…

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How to deploy qt application using Qt c++
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I'm trying to deploy my Qt c++ project.I build it successfully and can also execute it on Qt-Creator.
However, I can't execute the binary directly in the release folder due to some shared library errors.
Then i used…
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dlls are not loaded using qtwindeploy
I have a project and I need to prepare a CMakeLists.txt file for it.
I also have tests which I need to get an executables for after building the project.
Tests are located in a separate backEndTest folder with their own CMakeLists.txt file.
In order…

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QT EXE Failed to execute
I am developing a windows application with qml qt. My qml application is linked with different external libraries and one of them is VLC. I generated the dependencies using generated myApp.exe file from release folder with the following…

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windeployqt does not work on projects that use qmldir modules
I am trying to deploy an application using the windeployqt --qmldir method. When the command is run from within the folder that contains the executable, all the dependencies are copied and everything appears to go well. Except, when I click on the…

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How to copy Qt dll's using windeploy
I am writing an Qt application and trying to automate Qt dll's deployment automattic via QWindeploy and the code looks as following:
########## QT DEPLOYMENT ##########
get_target_property(_qmake_executable Qt5::qmake…

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Where does windeployqt.exe store the Qt directory?
When trying to run windeployqt.exe, how does it know where to look for the Qt Libraries?
I'm using Windows, Qt 5.3, msvc2013_opengl.
I have the following setup:
Qt was first extracted to C:/PathA/Qt/5.3. It worked fine there.
I copied Qt to…

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How to deploy dll's using windeploy qt?
I am developing a Qt application and would like to deploy web engine dll's with the application.
The application does not have dependencies to webengine nevertheless I want to deploy webengine dll's.
Snippet from Cmake:
find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS…

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Cannot find platform plugin DLL after running windeployqt
I am making VST audio plugin alone with a standalone exe, both share most part of code, and I am trying to make a popup window using Qt Quick.
At the very beginning, I copied Qt DLLs from installation's bin folder to the folder of my binaries, but…

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Deploying Qt Windows application
I have hard times trying to deploy my windows application to other computer.
Using windeployqt, program run perfectly fine standalone on my machine. Even after renaming Qt Root and project root directory, to ensure the .exe uses bundled .dll's.…

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Windeployqt deploys everything but exe file
I am trying to deploy a QML application using
C:\Qt59\5.10.1\msvc2015_64\bin\windeployqt.exe --dir e:\deptest --qmldir e:\ais e:\build-ais-Desktop_Qt_5_10_1_MSVC2015_64bit2-Release\release\ais.exe
This copies all the needed files to e:\deptest,…

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Qt windeployqt for debug version does'nt copy all dll's
i have a problem with my qt deployment under windows 10. For the beginning, i'm using QtCreator 4.5.0 and Qt 5.10 on Windows 10. For the deployment i configerd my project file like the awnser in this question ( Automatic Copy of Dependent Files in…

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