gHacks technology news » dll http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:55:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Scan, Backup And Delete Orphan DLL Files http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/30/scan-backup-and-delete-orphan-dll-files/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/08/30/scan-backup-and-delete-orphan-dll-files/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:49:04 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=15845 microsoft windowsThe Windows installation directory is increasing in size over time. One of the main reasons for this behavior are dll files that get installed with software programs. Some of these software programs do not offer a clean uninstall that removes the dll files from the Windows directory during the removal of the application. Another reason are so called shared dlls. You might have experienced uninstallation procedures where a dialog was displayed asking the user if a certain dll file should be removed from the system. Many users click on No just to be on the safe side.

DLL Archive has been designed to scan and backup a computer system for orphan dll files. The program will identify all dll files and then verify if these files are references by files that load dll files. Orphan dlls are not references by any of these files.

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It is then possible to add all of the orphan dll files or only selected ones to an archive that functions as a backup in case false positives are found in that list. The developer of the software program suggests to backup the dlls and work with the computer system for a couple of days the least before deleting the archive to ensure that the backup contains indeed only orphan dll files.

DLL Archive is compatible with every version of the Windows operating system including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. It can be downloaded from the developer’s website.

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The DLL Remover works by pointing the application to a dll on the system which initiates four actions in the software. It searches for infected threads, deleted infected files, deletes entries in the Windows Registry and restarts the computer at the end to complete the operation.

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UnDLL (via Techtrends) can be dowloaded from the Italian ESET (Essential Security against Evolving Threats) website only.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/24/dll-remover/feed/ 1 Remove old dll files from your system http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/21/remove-old-dll-files-from-your-system/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/21/remove-old-dll-files-from-your-system/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:10:08 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/11/21/remove-old-dll-files-from-your-system/ The uninstallation of files does not always seem to work as intended on Windows XP, it is no secret that the system folder grows over time. If you delete a program directory by hand for example all dll files in the system directory remain where they are. There is also the case where you want to uninstall a program and a window pops up asking wether you want to delete a driver which could be used by other programs as well.

DLL Archive is able to clear this mess. The freeware scans and verifies all dll files on your system and adds them to a list of dlls that are most likely obsolete. Most likely means that there is of course a chance that this dll is still needed and for this purpose DLL Archive archives the dlls which means that they are moved from the system dirs to an archive dir (DLLArchive in the windows folder). You have to work with your computer as usual at this point, reboot it for instance and see if everything is still working as intended.

If you receive errors you should move the dll that is mentioned back to the system directory. I performed a scan and it found more than 450 dll files. I decided to archive them all and see what would happen. Well, nothing happened at all. I was able to reboot my computer, start my programs as usual without problems at all.

The size of the DLLArchive folder was 196 megabytes, this is huge if you ask me. I suggest you keep those files at least for a week and see if any error pops up at a later time. If not appears delete them or back them up before you do.

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