Creating a installer for your application, where to place libs (dlls) besides exe

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Hi all,

I am wondering: do I have to put all dlls in the folder [ applicationname] libs just as they are compiled in xojo or can I for example place them in the system32 folder which I am used to coming from vb6.

The reason why I am asking is because I was used to regsvr32 the dlls and then put them in the system32 folder so that they do not have to sit in the same folder as the exe.
I would like to hide the dlls in the windows system so that people dont have to examine all our dlls in the application dir.

-Is there any option in Xojo to hide the dlls from the application dir?
-Can I place the DLLs from the libs folder in system32 ? e.g. when creating a installer wizarD

Many thanks!

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This might help http://www.xojo.com/blog/en/2014/08/the-libs-folder.php.

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Hi thanks Wayne for pointing out that post!

Ok I see msvcp120.dll, and msvcr120.dll can be installed in the windows folder but what about the rest of the dlls? do they have to be in the lib folder?

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If you happen to install your dlls in the Windows System dir and another app comes along & overwrites yours with a different version you’ll have problems - hence the term DLL Hell

Putting them next to the app gets rid of this problem