DLL dependency question / SetDLLDirectory

Question

I have the following situation and can\'t come up with any good solution.

I have a C++ application (app.exe) installed in C:\\ProgFiles\\MyApp. It needs a bunch of

Answer 1

I think you are best putting the .DLL files in the same directory as the .EXE - there might be lots of them, but this works and no one is gonna look in that directory anyway, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

If you rely on PATH then you are always going to be at the mercy of the user screwing it up and causing you extra support overhead, for no good reason at all.