Release Kinect for Windows V2 app without needing users to install the SDK

Question

My application only runs when a computer has the Kinect for Windows V2 SDK installed. I thought a user would only need to have Kinect for Windows Runtime v2.0 installed.

Without the SDK installed I get an error

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Kinect, Version=2.0.0.0, ...

In my Visual Studios Reference Manager, I search for Kinect and all of the DLLs are from the SDK. I use

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKS\Kinect\v2.0_1409\Assemblies\Microsoft.Kinect.dll

Do I need to add a different reference from the Runtime library?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Can i check if you have done these steps to ensure you have already added the references into your project?

Cheers!