*1-The directories listed in the App Path registry key *2-The directory where the executable module for the current process is located. *3-The current directory. *4-The Windows system directory. *5-The Windows directory. *6-The directories listed in the PATH environment variable.The issue is that we have the runtime files in a shared folder to allow an unconfigured workstation to load the application and wish the workstations to copy the runtime libraries local (to imporve performance) after they are initially run. The workstations copy the files local and create the app path registry entry for the application name (exe name) with a default and path entry, but the workstations still load the runtime DLL's from the share (2).