On Tuesday 11 April 2006 17:29, Gilboa Davara wrote: > The DLL hell problem begins and ends with the following problems: > A. Windows allows local DLL execution by default. (No need for export > LD_LIBRARY_PATH) > B. Windows does not prevent applications from storing *system* DLLs in > their local directory. > C. -Even worse-, Windows does not prevent an application from > upgrading/replacing/deleting the OS (/system32) copy of the said system > DLL. > D. Oh, when software N uninstalls, Windows does not stop it from > deleting OS DLLs. (Beside the stupid _dllcache that never really works) > Add to that The same dll may be present with different version numbers and creation dates One version of a dll can be overwritten by an earlier one. Anne
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