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Asked: May 25, 20262026-05-25T14:09:35+00:00 2026-05-25T14:09:35+00:00

If I do LoadLibrary(%windir%\\system32\\ole32.dll) does that mean Windows will ONLY load from c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll ?

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If I do LoadLibrary("%windir%\\system32\\ole32.dll") does that mean Windows will ONLY load from “c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll” ? Also does LoadLibrary() in C understand the environment variable?

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    2026-05-25T14:09:36+00:00Added an answer on May 25, 2026 at 2:09 pm

    as Serge said and carefully tested, LoadLibrary does not do environment variable substitution in path.

    however, there is a function in the windows API to replace environment variables in strings: ExpandEnvironmentStrings(). you can perform the required substitution on your path before calling LoadLibrary().

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