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... and for a MSVCR80D.dll not found error, on my machine it was tied to a FAT32 timestamp-related issue. Project Properties / Manifest Tool / General / Use FAT32 Workaround = Yes solves the problem (via).

MyEclipse has a problem with non-Java files being opened with the wrong font:

• Eclipse bugzilla: [EditorMgmt] Text font "forgotten" in non-Java files
• MyEclipse forum: Where did the Font Properties go? , Font settings

Fix only due MyEclipse 6.5. Bah.

After building MySQL++ libraries, trying to run simple2 results in the error

This application has failed to start because msvcp80d.dll was not found

Solutions: easiest is to toggle switch and disable manifest embedding, but there is a deeper problem (which I'll read up on some day, but not today).

Tuning busy Linux boxes