><<< There is no reason that a DLL HAS to be in the system directory. As longs <<< as, if it is COM it is registered, or if it is C-API it is in the current <<< directory or DOS path. I think this even includes network drives. Give it a <<< try.
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>So let me see if I got this right... (and please correct me if I'm wrong.)
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>For reference, I'm making all my calls to the advapi32.dll file.
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>In my creation of a setup/install program, the system included about 5 DLLs and the executable which I created. If I create a directory on the network and place all the files there, any user that has access to that directory can run the EXE from that directory without having to install the DLLS on their system?

Hi Michael.

I have tried this setup and it works but it is considered non-standard though and some have reported strange problems and table corruption.