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View Full Version : dllcache folder? GuySmiley 01-06-04, 06:19 PM Hi yawl. (blush) ok. The system32/dllcache folder?? wut's in it? I seem to not be able to find it. Did enable the hidden folder view and still noda. Is there another name?? Tobbz 01-06-04, 06:25 PM If you are running win XP: c:\Windows\System32\dllcache <- type this in Run, in your startmenu. Like it says, it is a cache of all your DLL files. So that if one should get deletede, windows can restore it from that folder. :) Hope this helps you. :) GuySmiley 01-06-04, 06:30 PM if that's the case.. why am i supposed to clean that folder before I replace the *.dll files?? wouldn't that leave me w/ out a backup?? peteross 01-06-04, 06:36 PM GuySmiley you prolly using one of those shitty auto file replacing programs. My advice is dont use them and DO NOT DELETE YOUR DLLCACHE FOLDER!!! Manually replace dlls. That is instead of deleting, rename the default dlls that you replace to ex: shell32.dll.bak and so forth. That way you will always have a backup of the file just in case something goes wrong. GuySmiley 01-06-04, 06:37 PM coo thnx Tobbz 01-06-04, 06:40 PM Yes, that would leave you without a backup. But... When you replace dll's in windows, windows will replace the new file(the one your are add'ing)with the one from the dllcache folder. It doesn't like new(unknown) dll files, so it will automaticly overwrite it, with one from the dllcache folder. But if you have deleted, lets say, shell32.dll from the dllcache folder, windows wont have a file to overwrite the new file with. I have cleared my whole dllcache folder... I haven't run in to any problems at all. :) Sorry my english is kinda bad... but i hope you are getting what im trying to say :) Tobbz 01-06-04, 06:46 PM hehehe... good ol' Peteross.. ;) Yea, do what Peteross says.. Its safer that way. (Y) :) Crni 01-08-04, 10:09 PM You should run' sfc.exe' from command line to manage dllcache. /PURGECACHE to clean /CACHESIZE=x to limit the size of dllcache folder (x - size in Mb) Do not mess with other oprtions unless you know what ya doin'... GuySmiley 01-09-04, 02:12 AM You should run' sfc.exe' from command line to manage dllcache. /PURGECACHE to clean /CACHESIZE=x to limit the size of dllcache folder (x - size in Mb) Do not mess with other oprtions unless you know what ya doin'... Awesome dood thanx |
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