Hope this is not a silly question

[Gerry Atrick]

I have Windows XP Media Centre Edition SP2 with IE 6. Today for first time got
an error message (something about missing UNICOWS.DLL) when I clicked on a
shortcut to take me to my Hotmail Email Account. Closed IE and tried again -
all worked OK. Visiting other websites - no problem.
Being curious I did a search on my PC for UNICOWS (whatever sort of mysterious
animals these are) and was surprised to find no less than 8 copies in different
folders on my C: drive. The file sizes vary so presumably they represent
different version of the DLL - but do I really need 8 copies? Is there some
common folder that DLLs ought to be in so that all programs that need to access
them know where to find them?

Sorry if this is not well explained - am not an expert so please keep relies
simple. Thanks.


Gerry Atrick

 

[DL]

a dll file may be installed by almost an application, during its install -
this file is a dynamic link library associated with visual basic - it may
also exist in various folders within your PC. This is not unusual.
Whilst duplicates can sometimes be removed they are best left alone, as
removal can cause an App to fail.

 

[Jon]

Wasn't it "Gerry Atrick" <[email protected]> in message
, who said something
like......???

I have Windows XP Media Centre Edition SP2 with IE 6. Today for first time
got an error message (something about missing UNICOWS.DLL) when I clicked
on a shortcut to take me to my Hotmail Email Account. Closed IE and tried
again - all worked OK. Visiting other websites - no problem.
Being curious I did a search on my PC for UNICOWS (whatever sort of
mysterious animals these are) and was surprised to find no less than 8
copies in different folders on my C: drive. The file sizes vary so
presumably they represent different version of the DLL - but do I really
need 8 copies? Is there some common folder that DLLs ought to be in so
that all programs that need to access them know where to find them?

Sorry if this is not well explained - am not an expert so please keep
relies simple. Thanks.


Gerry Atrick

Symptomatic of the inefficient times we live in, my friend. *sigh*

But, it's probably more helpful to think of the filename as being short for
"Unicode - Windows" [Unicode support for an application], than as the name
of hermaphroditic milk-producing animals that are mysteriously reproducing
themselves on your system ;-)

 

[Gerry Atrick]

Thanks to both DL and Jon for their helpful replies. "best left alone" is a good
motto from my perspective!!
Bit worried though about "hermaphroditic milk-producing animals" wherever they
might be found. LOL
Much appreciate the advice.

Gerry