Microsoft promises to end .dll hell

Theophylact · March 6th, 2003, 03:53 PM

Future versions, starting with Windows Server 2003, will not overwrite older .dll's when a newer one is installed.

Gomer · March 6th, 2003, 10:29 PM

'Bout time =) Nothing chunks a clean OS like a corrupt DLL.

chibchacan · March 14th, 2003, 07:45 AM

Bye, bye DLL hell, about freakin time.

[Neo770] · March 14th, 2003, 08:00 AM

I thought windows 2000 and XP already protected system files? or is this DLL thing something else?

SeanC · March 15th, 2003, 06:38 PM

Programs can still overwrite DLL's in 2000 and XP, but those OS's have built-in system file protection (or something similarly called). Where it keeps a copy of the "good" original DLL. Any time something tries to overwrite or delete the file, the OS lets it, then silently replaces it with the "good" version stored in another directory.

Sean