Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me Uses KnownDLLs Registry Key to Find 32-bit DLLs (151646)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
This article was previously published under Q151646 IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you
modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore
the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the
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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SUMMARY
The process of loading a DLL, implicitly or explicitly, invokes Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
to search for the specified DLL in a predefined order until the DLL is
found or all search efforts are exhausted. In Windows 95, the string values
associated with the KnownDLLs Registry key have the ability to reset the
normal search order used to locate and load a 32-bit DLL to a new
predefined order. Thus, a string value that identifies a 32-bit DLL and is
also associated with the KnownDLLs Registry key will force Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me to begin its search for the DLL in the System directory, not the current directory.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/27/2004 |
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Keywords: | kbDLL kbenv kbKernBase kbProgramming kbusage KB151646 |
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