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Known DLLS (Was: Mo Dejong's install problems)
- To: "'cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com'" <cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Known DLLS (Was: Mo Dejong's install problems)
- From: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker at butlermfg dot com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 13:23:56 -0600
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mumit Khan [mailto:khan@NanoTech.Wisc.EDU]
<snip>
> A long time ago, I added Cygwin dll to the "Known DLLs" list,
> but I don't
> remember if I saw any significant improvements.
<snip>
FWIW, Microsoft added a new "feature" to "Known DLLs" with Windows 2000. If
a file is listed as a "Known DLL" nothing may replace it short of an
operating system service pack. If you try replacing it, success will be
reported but nothing will be changed. Microsoft will re-replace it with a
cached copy that you cannot modify. IMO, this was done to prevent something
like Windows 2000-lite, once and forever proving that IE is a necessary part
of the OS. I also love having two copies of 2000+ files on my machine.