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Asked: 2026-05-28T00:09:28+00:00

MSDN says If you provide no path, the DLL must be in the current

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MSDN says

If you provide no path, the DLL must be in the current path at run
time

Does this mean the current executing directory or one of the directories listed in the system PATH environment variable?

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    Neither. Windows must be able to locate the DLL through one of the following means:

    • the same directory as your EXE
    • the directory specified in SetDllDirectory(), if used
    • the system directory (c:\windows\system32 by default)
    • the 16-bit system directory (c:\windows\system by default)
    • the current default directory (Environment.CurrentDirectory)
    • one of the directories listed in the PATH environment variable

    You should highly favor the first one and fallback to the second.

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