Hello Infos
It sounds like dll's are being included in the exe where they may not have been before.
Have a look at the dll's that are ticked in section 5 (Framework) of the process that creates the exe and compare that to an earlier version of the project if possible.
It may be that the inclusion of the wd???gpu.dll has trigered the inclusion of other dll's and turning off the groupware hasn't removed them from the exe build.
Regards
Al