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A system can contain multiple versions of the same dynamic-link library (DLL). Applications can control the location from which a DLL is loaded by specifying a full path or using another mechanism such as a manifest. If these methods are not used, the system searches for the DLL at load time as described in this topic.

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  • A system can contain multiple versions of the same dynamic-link library (DLL). Applications can control the location from which a DLL is loaded by specifying a full path or using another mechanism such as a manifest. If these methods are not used, the system searches for the DLL at load time as described in this topic.
  • If you can link against a.lib in Cygwin or MinGW, then you can (indirectly) link against a DLL. In the MSVC world, it is not unusual to create an import library along with a DLL. It is a static library (.lib) that loads the DLL and wraps the interface of the DLL.
  • Sinatr posted link to this question, where Cody Gray gave an interesting solution. Static DllImport target path to dll can be override by kernel32.dll SetDllDirectory. All i needed to do was invoke this kernel function.
  • Search Order for UWP Apps
  • Search Order for Desktop Applications

Factors That Affect Searching

The following factors affect whether the system searches for a DLL:

  • If a DLL with the same module name is already loaded in memory, the system checks only for redirection and a manifest before resolving to the loaded DLL, no matter which directory it is in. The system does not search for the DLL.
  • If the DLL is on the list of known DLLs for the version of Windows on which the application is running, the system uses its copy of the known DLL (and the known DLL's dependent DLLs, if any) instead of searching for the DLL. For a list of known DLLs on the current system, see the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerKnownDLLs.
  • If a DLL has dependencies, the system searches for the dependent DLLs as if they were loaded with just their module names. This is true even if the first DLL was loaded by specifying a full path.

Search Order for UWP apps

When a UWP app for Windows 10 (or a Store app for Windows 8.x) loads a packaged module by calling the LoadPackagedLibrary function, the DLL must be in the package dependency graph of the process. For more information, see LoadPackagedLibrary. When a UWP app loads a module by other means and does not specify a full path, the system searches for the DLL and its dependencies at load time as described in this section.

Before the system searches for a DLL, it checks the following:

  • If a DLL with the same module name is already loaded in memory, the system uses the loaded DLL, no matter which directory it is in. The system does not search for the DLL.
  • If the DLL is on the list of known DLLs for the version of Windows on which the application is running, the system uses its copy of the known DLL (and the known DLL's dependent DLLs, if any). The system does not search for the DLL. For a list of known DLLs on the current system, see the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerKnownDLLs.

If the system must search for a module or its dependencies, it always uses the search order for UWP apps even if a dependency is not UWP app code.

Standard Search Order for UWP apps

If the module is not already loaded or on the list of known DLLs, the system searches these locations in this order:

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  1. The package dependency graph of the process. This is the application's package plus any dependencies specified as in the section of the application's package manifest. Dependencies are searched in the order they appear in the manifest.
  2. The directory the calling process was loaded from.
  3. The system directory (%SystemRoot%system32).
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A system can contain multiple versions of the same dynamic-link library (DLL). Applications can control the location from which a DLL is loaded by specifying a full path or using another mechanism such as a manifest. If these methods are not used, the system searches for the DLL at load time as described in this topic.

How to fixed' The procedure entry point AddDllDirectory could not be located in the dynamic link library Kernel32.dll' error in windows 7.Link to download th.

  • A system can contain multiple versions of the same dynamic-link library (DLL). Applications can control the location from which a DLL is loaded by specifying a full path or using another mechanism such as a manifest. If these methods are not used, the system searches for the DLL at load time as described in this topic.
  • If you can link against a.lib in Cygwin or MinGW, then you can (indirectly) link against a DLL. In the MSVC world, it is not unusual to create an import library along with a DLL. It is a static library (.lib) that loads the DLL and wraps the interface of the DLL.
  • Sinatr posted link to this question, where Cody Gray gave an interesting solution. Static DllImport target path to dll can be override by kernel32.dll SetDllDirectory. All i needed to do was invoke this kernel function.
  • Search Order for UWP Apps
  • Search Order for Desktop Applications

Factors That Affect Searching

The following factors affect whether the system searches for a DLL:

  • If a DLL with the same module name is already loaded in memory, the system checks only for redirection and a manifest before resolving to the loaded DLL, no matter which directory it is in. The system does not search for the DLL.
  • If the DLL is on the list of known DLLs for the version of Windows on which the application is running, the system uses its copy of the known DLL (and the known DLL's dependent DLLs, if any) instead of searching for the DLL. For a list of known DLLs on the current system, see the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerKnownDLLs.
  • If a DLL has dependencies, the system searches for the dependent DLLs as if they were loaded with just their module names. This is true even if the first DLL was loaded by specifying a full path.

Search Order for UWP apps

When a UWP app for Windows 10 (or a Store app for Windows 8.x) loads a packaged module by calling the LoadPackagedLibrary function, the DLL must be in the package dependency graph of the process. For more information, see LoadPackagedLibrary. When a UWP app loads a module by other means and does not specify a full path, the system searches for the DLL and its dependencies at load time as described in this section.

Before the system searches for a DLL, it checks the following:

  • If a DLL with the same module name is already loaded in memory, the system uses the loaded DLL, no matter which directory it is in. The system does not search for the DLL.
  • If the DLL is on the list of known DLLs for the version of Windows on which the application is running, the system uses its copy of the known DLL (and the known DLL's dependent DLLs, if any). The system does not search for the DLL. For a list of known DLLs on the current system, see the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerKnownDLLs.

If the system must search for a module or its dependencies, it always uses the search order for UWP apps even if a dependency is not UWP app code.

Standard Search Order for UWP apps

If the module is not already loaded or on the list of known DLLs, the system searches these locations in this order:

  1. The package dependency graph of the process. This is the application's package plus any dependencies specified as in the section of the application's package manifest. Dependencies are searched in the order they appear in the manifest.
  2. The directory the calling process was loaded from.
  3. The system directory (%SystemRoot%system32).

If a DLL has dependencies, the system searches for the dependent DLLs as if they were loaded with just their module names. This is true even if the first DLL was loaded by specifying a full path.

Alternate Search Order for UWP apps

If a module changes the standard search order by calling the LoadLibraryEx function with LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH, the system searches the directory the specified module was loaded from instead of the directory of the calling process. The system searches these locations in this order:

  1. The package dependency graph of the process. This is the application's package plus any dependencies specified as in the section of the application's package manifest. Dependencies are searched in the order they appear in the manifest.
  2. The directory the specified module was loaded from.
  3. The system directory (%SystemRoot%system32).

Search Order for Desktop Applications

Desktop applications can control the location from which a DLL is loaded by specifying a full path, using DLL redirection, or by using a manifest. If none of these methods are used, the system searches for the DLL at load time as described in this section.

Before the system searches for a DLL, it checks the following:

  • If a DLL with the same module name is already loaded in memory, the system uses the loaded DLL, no matter which directory it is in. The system does not search for the DLL.
  • If the DLL is on the list of known DLLs for the version of Windows on which the application is running, the system uses its copy of the known DLL (and the known DLL's dependent DLLs, if any). The system does not search for the DLL. For a list of known DLLs on the current system, see the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerKnownDLLs.

If a DLL has dependencies, the system searches for the dependent DLLs as if they were loaded with just their module names. This is true even if the first DLL was loaded by specifying a full path.

Important

If an attacker gains control of one of the directories that is searched, it can place a malicious copy of the DLL in that directory. For ways to help prevent such attacks, see Dynamic-Link Library Security.

Standard Search Order for Desktop Applications

The standard DLL search order used by the system depends on whether safe DLL search mode is enabled or disabled. Safe DLL search mode places the user's current directory later in the search order.

Safe DLL search mode is enabled by default. To disable this feature, create the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerSafeDllSearchMode registry value and set it to 0. Calling the SetDllDirectory function effectively disables SafeDllSearchMode while the specified directory is in the search path and changes the search order as described in this topic.

If SafeDllSearchMode is enabled, the search order is as follows:

  1. The directory from which the application loaded.
  2. The system directory. Use the GetSystemDirectory function to get the path of this directory.
  3. The 16-bit system directory. There is no function that obtains the path of this directory, but it is searched.
  4. The Windows directory. Use the GetWindowsDirectory function to get the path of this directory.
  5. The current directory.
  6. The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable. Note that this does not include the per-application path specified by the App Paths registry key. The App Paths key is not used when computing the DLL search path.

If SafeDllSearchMode is disabled, the search order is as follows:

  1. The directory from which the application loaded.
  2. The current directory.
  3. The system directory. Use the GetSystemDirectory function to get the path of this directory.
  4. The 16-bit system directory. There is no function that obtains the path of this directory, but it is searched.
  5. The Windows directory. Use the GetWindowsDirectory function to get the path of this directory.
  6. The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable. Note that this does not include the per-application path specified by the App Paths registry key. The App Paths key is not used when computing the DLL search path.

Alternate Search Order for Desktop Applications

The standard search order used by the system can be changed by calling the LoadLibraryEx function with LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH. The standard search order can also be changed by calling the SetDllDirectory function.

Note

The standard search order of the process will also be affected by calling the SetDllDirectory function in the parent process before start of the current process.

If you specify an alternate search strategy, its behavior continues until all associated executable modules have been located. After the system starts processing DLL initialization routines, the system reverts to the standard search strategy.

The LoadLibraryEx function supports an alternate search order if the call specifies LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH and the lpFileName parameter specifies an absolute path.

Note that the standard search strategy and the alternate search strategy specified by LoadLibraryEx with LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH differ in just one way: The standard search begins in the calling application's directory, and the alternate search begins in the directory of the executable module that LoadLibraryEx is loading.

If SafeDllSearchMode is enabled, the alternate search order is as follows:

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  1. The directory specified by lpFileName.
  2. The system directory. Use the GetSystemDirectory function to get the path of this directory.
  3. The 16-bit system directory. There is no function that obtains the path of this directory, but it is searched.
  4. The Windows directory. Use the GetWindowsDirectory function to get the path of this directory.
  5. The current directory.
  6. The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable. Note that this does not include the per-application path specified by the App Paths registry key. The App Paths key is not used when computing the DLL search path.

If SafeDllSearchMode is disabled, the alternate search order is as follows:

  1. The directory specified by lpFileName.
  2. The current directory.
  3. The system directory. Use the GetSystemDirectory function to get the path of this directory.
  4. The 16-bit system directory. There is no function that obtains the path of this directory, but it is searched.
  5. The Windows directory. Use the GetWindowsDirectory function to get the path of this directory.
  6. The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable. Note that this does not include the per-application path specified by the App Paths registry key. The App Paths key is not used when computing the DLL search path.

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The SetDllDirectory function supports an alternate search order if the lpPathName parameter specifies a path. The alternate search order is as follows:

  1. The directory from which the application loaded.
  2. The directory specified by the lpPathName parameter of SetDllDirectory.
  3. The system directory. Use the GetSystemDirectory function to get the path of this directory. The name of this directory is System32.
  4. The 16-bit system directory. There is no function that obtains the path of this directory, but it is searched. The name of this directory is System.
  5. The Windows directory. Use the GetWindowsDirectory function to get the path of this directory.
  6. The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable. Note that this does not include the per-application path specified by the App Paths registry key. The App Paths key is not used when computing the DLL search path.

If the lpPathName parameter is an empty string, the call removes the current directory from the search order.

SetDllDirectory effectively disables safe DLL search mode while the specified directory is in the search path. To restore safe DLL search mode based on the SafeDllSearchMode registry value and restore the current directory to the search order, call SetDllDirectory with lpPathName as NULL.

Search Order Using LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH Flags

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An application can specify a search order by using one or more LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH flags with the LoadLibraryEx function. An application can also use LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH flags with the SetDefaultDllDirectories function to establish a DLL search order for a process. The application can specify additional directories for the process DLL search order by using the AddDllDirectory or SetDllDirectory functions.

The directories that are searched depend on the flags specified with SetDefaultDllDirectories or LoadLibraryEx. If more than one flag is used, the corresponding directories are searched in the following order:

  1. The directory that contains the DLL (LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DLL_LOAD_DIR). This directory is searched only for dependencies of the DLL to be loaded.
  2. The application directory (LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_APPLICATION_DIR).
  3. Paths explicitly added with the AddDllDirectory function (LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_USER_DIRS) or the SetDllDirectory function. If more than one path has been added, the order in which the paths are searched is unspecified.
  4. The System directory (LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32).

If the application does not call LoadLibraryEx with any LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH flags or establish a DLL search order for the process, the system searches for DLLs using either the standard search order or the alternate search order.

Related topics

  • DLL Tutorial
  • DLL Useful Resources
  • Selected Reading

Dynamic Link Library (DLL) is Microsoft's implementation of the shared library concept. A DLL file contains code and data that can be used by multiple programs at the same time, hence it promotes code reuse and modularization. This brief tutorial provides an overview of Windows DLL along with its usage.

This tutorial will be useful for software programmers interested in learning the concepts of Windows DLL and how to use them in practice.

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You must have a good understanding of Windows concepts and you should be familiar with either VC++ or C/C++.





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