Re: DLL File reverting to its old version in system32 folder



Fortunately Windows XP prevents that kind of completely unacceptable
programming practice as described in
Description of the Windows File Protection feature
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193

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"scyle" <scyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A76B1605-F152-4A25-BF16-6E217D5986C2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Am developing an application in VS.

I am creating a dll library file. And I want windows to use my library
file,
instead of its own. But as soon as I replace the dll file in
windows/system32
with my own, it is automatically changed to its original version.

This is probably a security feature but,
Could you please tell me how do I disable this?


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