DLL FILES

[Kayla Smith]

Is there a program that will scan your computer for dll files and tell
you which ones are missing?

 

[Vegard Krog Petersen]

Is there a program that will scan your computer for dll files and tell
you which ones are missing?

Why would yo want something like that? Unless a program doesn't complain
about missing a dll you should not care. And when you miss a file, visit
http://www.dll-files.com/ and download it.

There is also a utility which will scan your disk for dll not needed
anymore and which can be removed. The name, anybody ?

And for what you're wishing for: That utility would have had to scan
you're computer for which software you have installed and have a
database of all dll files these programs use. If you follow this line of
thought; you would see what an enomours and impossible work it would
have to be to make and update that kind of program....

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[SeaMaiden]

There is also a utility which will scan your disk for dll not needed
anymore and which can be removed. The name, anybody ?

These are all free.

DLLArchive
http://www.analogx.com

DLLCompare
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showtopic=5437
http://www.downloads.subratam.org/DllCompare.exe

ListDLLs
http://www.sysinternals.com

 

[Vegard Krog Petersen]

DLLCompare
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showtopic=5437
http://www.downloads.subratam.org/DllCompare.exe
Quote:
Let's also take a look for any hidden .dll's also.
Please download and save DllCompare from here:
http://www.downloads.subratam.org/DllCompare.exe

Run it the click the [Run Locate.com] wait til finished(fast)
Then click [Compare] to scan the files for the hidden ones Windows wont see.(few minutes needed to scan)

After it finishes, click "Make a Log of what was found"

regards from

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Vegard Krog Petersen - Norway

http://vegard2.no -
Solitaire MahJongg guide, Sarah Michelle Gellar Solitaire,
Freeware Logo & symbol, Halma & Chinese Checkers,
Pachisi & Ludo, Freeware Solitaire, My fishy site (fishing
games), a.c.f.g information, Fredrikshald Havfiskeklubb
18+ sites: Firefoxy, Adult Solitaire, Fishy Pictures,
Sexy Chess, Sexy Librarians, Sexy Football
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[Vegard Krog Petersen]

There is also a utility which will scan your disk for dll not needed
anymore and which can be removed. The name, anybody ?

The one I was thinking about was 'Clean System Directory 1.7', but it is
outdated:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,4143,RSS,RSS,00.asp

SeaMaidens proposals are probably better.

regards from

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Vegard Krog Petersen - Norway

http://vegard2.no -
Solitaire MahJongg guide, Sarah Michelle Gellar Solitaire,
Freeware Logo & symbol, Halma & Chinese Checkers,
Pachisi & Ludo, Freeware Solitaire, My fishy site (fishing
games), a.c.f.g information, Fredrikshald Havfiskeklubb
18+ sites: Firefoxy, Adult Solitaire, Fishy Pictures,
Sexy Chess, Sexy Librarians, Sexy Football
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[Andreas Kaestner]

Vegard Krog Petersen ([email protected]) schrieb/wrote:

That utility would have had to scan
you're computer for which software you have installed
Right.

and have a database of all dll files these programs use.

Wrong.

Unless the program uses non-standard coding techniques
it "announces" the DLLs required. This information can
easily be retrieved.

 

[Vegard Krog Petersen]

Vegard Krog Petersen ([email protected]) schrieb/wrote:




Wrong.

Unless the program uses non-standard coding techniques
it "announces" the DLLs required. This information can
easily be retrieved.

It seems I stand corrected

regards from


--
Vegard Krog Petersen - Norway

http://vegard2.no -
Solitaire MahJongg guide, Sarah Michelle Gellar Solitaire,
Freeware Logo & symbol, Halma & Chinese Checkers,
Pachisi & Ludo, Freeware Solitaire, My fishy site (fishing
games), a.c.f.g information, Fredrikshald Havfiskeklubb
18+ sites: Firefoxy, Adult Solitaire, Fishy Pictures,
Sexy Chess, Sexy Librarians, Sexy Football
---------------------------------------------------------

 

[Thomas Lauer]

Right.

Unless the program uses non-standard coding techniques
it "announces" the DLLs required. This information can
easily be retrieved.

There's no sensible way anyone (much less any software) could determine
which DLLs an app uses, short of actually running the app. And that has
absolutely nothing to do with "non-standard coding techniques".

APIs to load DLLs dynamically (LoadLibrary(), et al) were in Windows for
ages, are well documented and used by many programs: loading a DLL at
runtime is certainly what I would call a standard coding technique.

 

[/nul]

There's no sensible way anyone
Depends?

(much less any software) could determine
which DLLs an app uses, short of actually running the app. And that has
absolutely nothing to do with "non-standard coding techniques".

APIs to load DLLs dynamically (LoadLibrary(), et al) were in Windows for
ages, are well documented and used by many programs: loading a DLL at
runtime is certainly what I would call a standard coding technique.

 

[Thomas Lauer]

Depends?

Nope. All these utilities show the DLLs that are listed in the import
table, but that's the easy part (and that's what Andreas' post referred
to).

The point here is that any program can load DLLs during runtime (look up
the API call LoadLibrary() etc.). By definition you can only know what
DLL(s) that would be once the program actually runs.