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I have read a lot about registry hacks that can unload DLLs from running, but a lot of people doubt it.
Does anyone have a good batch file or script, that you know actually does work, that will unload unused DLLs from running?
Thanks.
by borginva Accepted solution
by tony hopkinson Accepted solution
will stop optional dlls from being loaded.
You can't just unload a dll externally though.
You would have to ask a process to do it, which means said software has some way to successfully process such a request either through message or some sort of configuration read on start up.
If I wrote a piece of software that used a dll, I can load it implicitly or explicitly.
Usually implicit loads are for mandatory dlls, explicit for optional ones (like snap-ins).
If I'm loading a dll that means it's in my memory space and therefore should be inviolate, only the software that loaded it can unload it, it's the owner.
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