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As far as I know, the system directory was kept for compatibility with older programs (running under Win 95 / 98, or even Win 3.x) If you are developping a 32 bit-program, you should deploy your DLL in system32.<br />
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Hope that helps<br />
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As far as I know, the system directory was kept for compatibility with older programs (running under Win 95 / 98, or even Win 3.x) If you are developping a 32 bit-program, you should deploy your DLL in system32.

Hope that helps



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What is the difference between the System directory and the System32 directory? &nbsp;Which directory should deployed dll files go to?
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What is the difference between the System directory and the System32 directory?  Which directory should deployed dll files go to?

Difference between System and System32 directories?

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.