Re: Odd LoadLibrary Failure

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From: Bob Gonder
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:41

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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.
Main difference is LoadLibrary adds 1 to reference count while
GetModuleHandle doesn't.
Also, don't use FreeLibrary() on a handle you found with
GetModuleHandle.

From the description, I'd be surprised if LoadLibrary doesn't call
GetModuleHandle internally first thing.

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