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Windows only knows its .dll's when it needs them. com dll's are indeed registered by storing the clsid/dll info in the registry under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Non-com dll's can just be copied to an arbitrary place on the system, and Windows searches for the files in the following sequence While a program/application is running: - The directory from which the application loaded. - The current directory. - 32-bit Windows system directory. - The Windows directory. - The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable.

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