How do I execute a *.dll file

To run the functions in a DLL, first find out what those functions are using any PE (Portable Executable) analysis program (e.g. Dependency Walker). Then use RUNDLL32.EXE with this syntax: dllname is the path and name of your dll file, entrypoint is the function name, and optional arguments are the function arguments

Dependency Walker: missing dlls

These are API-sets – essentially, an extra level of call indirection introduced gradually since windows 7. Dependency walker development seemingly halted long before that, and it can’t handle API sets properly. So these are all false alarms and nothing to worry about. You’re not missing anything. Also see On API-MS-WIN-XXXXX.DLL, and Other Dependency Walker Glitches. … Read more

MinGW .exe requires a few gcc dll’s regardless of the code?

Your commands are wrong ! Go to the directory where your main.cpp file is, and try the following. then you’ll no longer need to copy the DLLs (for your Hello World program). Other notes: The MinGW installation instructions recommends setting to the PATH environment variable. Normally the linker options should work (try all 3 of them at … Read more

REGSVR32: the module “xxxxx.dll” failed to load … dependent assembly could not be found

This is almost certainly due to a missing dependency. Use a tool like Dependency Walker to find the required dependencies of the DLL. Or, if the DLL is supplied by a third party, read their documentation which should specify the required dependencies. Note that Microsoft.VC90.ATL indicates version 9 of MSVC which is VS2008. So you would need to install … Read more

Critical error detected c0000374 – C++ dll returns pointer off allocated memory to C#

If all your code is indeed what is shown above, then I don’t see the problem. However, when I get this issue, sometimes its because malloc/new/whatever detects heap corruption, often this corruption has already occurred previously in the program, but the crash has been delayed until the next call to new/malloc. If you read other … Read more

Python official installer missing python27.dll

At least for the ActiveState Python distribution, and in the official Python distribution: The dll is in where NN is the version number. On a 64-bit, a 32 bit dll will be installed here: and a running 32 bit application will magically translate this to the proper path, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoW64 When I link againsy Python27, I … Read more

Intel MKL FATAL ERROR: Cannot load mkl_intel_thread.dll

Maybe another DLL necessary for MKL, such as libiomp5md.dll for example, is missing and causes the error. See Cannot load mkl_intel_thread.dll on python executable, my answer there and its comments. If this still does not solve your problem, try to manually copy other DLLs from the anaconda environment’s library path into the app installation directory and its lib subdirectory. Once … Read more