Re: Odd LoadLibrary Failure

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From: Bob Gonder
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:11

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Bob Gonder wrote:

>Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
>
>>> HMODULE Dll = LoadLibrary("SHELL32.DLL");
>>
>>You should never use LoadLibrary() to load SHELL32.DLL or KERNEL32.DLL.
>>They are already loaded automatically at program startup, so use
>>GetModuleHandle() instead.
>
>Shouldn't hurt any. But your way might be a tad faster.

Hmmm I can confirm Michael's claim that GetModuleHandle("shell32")
doesn't work.  At least not in a console app. It does, however return
a handle in a WinMain app.

I guess console apps aren't supposed to need the fancy stuff in
shell32.

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