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> 1. DLL association (2)
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> Subject: Re: DLL association
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> I use Remove It 95 to delete orphan files like .dll's and .ini's. The
> problem I'm having is trying to determine what program or programs uses
> that specific .dll. Is the program even still on the hard drive. Remove
> It tells me that I have 76 orphan .dll's taking up 13,462,910 bytes, here
> are an example of what comes up:
> snip:
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> I have no idea what programs use these .dll's and most reside in Windows\
> System. I don't want to delete any file and then find out that some
> program using that file won't work because it can't find the link it
> needs. I've also run Clean System Directory but it only comes up with
> about 20-30 .dll's. Who do you believe? How do you find out what program
> is referenced by these .dll's.
>
> TIA
> Lynn Kucera
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> Lynn
There is a useful source of information on the Microsoft web site at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/isapi/msdnlib.idc?theURL=/library/techart/DLLdange
r1.htm
There is also a dll database query function, whereby you can enter a dll
file and version number, and get a listing of when it was introduced and
what applications used the dll file.
There is also a freely distributed dll problem finder program at the link I
gave previously, but I have not used this yet and am not sure how advanced
you need to be to do so: the DLL Universal Problem Solver (DUPS) package,
which is fully documented with complete source code in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base article Q247957: "SAMPLE: Using the DUPS Package to Resolve
DLL Compatibility Problems."
Paul Bailey
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