GDIplus.dll location

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Does someone know where the GDIPLUS.DLL file usually is located? Today, I
found it in My Documents. How and when it got there I have no idea...
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
 
Does someone know where the GDIPLUS.DLL file usually is located? Today, I
found it in My Documents. How and when it got there I have no idea...
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
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Hey IIya,

GDIPLUS.DLL is a library used in Microsoft Visual Studio (which should
be in your "Program Files" folder). If you are a developer and have it
installed, there is the reason why. GDI is an acronym for Graphics
Display Interface, Which you can read about here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536380.aspx

As for it being moved there I wouldn't have a clue. Visual Studio may
have done this or you may want to check for malicious software or it
could come down to someone moving it manually.

Regards,

Nathan F.
 
Nathan,
thanks for your help! I looked up the article you suggested and then run a
search on my HD. I was surprised to find four gdiplus.dll files. They all
different in size - 1600KB, 1601KB, 1604KB, and 1607KB. Two are located in
two MSOCache CABs and two in My Pictures and My Documents folders. The MS
Visual Studio is empty... Recently, I was moving and deleting a lot of
photos and documents. It's possible that I inadvertently moved this gdiplus
file once. But twice? Now what? Should I leave them where they are or move
them somewhere else (in MS Visual Studio folder?)... Also, I found a RegCure
tool which claims to fix gdiplus.dll and Registry. Should I use it? I'm not
a developer, I'm a plain end user...
Thanks again for your assistance.
Ilya

Does someone know where the GDIPLUS.DLL file usually is located? Today, I
found it in My Documents. How and when it got there I have no idea...
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Click to expand...

Hey IIya,

GDIPLUS.DLL is a library used in Microsoft Visual Studio (which should
be in your "Program Files" folder). If you are a developer and have it
installed, there is the reason why. GDI is an acronym for Graphics
Display Interface, Which you can read about here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536380.aspx

As for it being moved there I wouldn't have a clue. Visual Studio may
have done this or you may want to check for malicious software or it
could come down to someone moving it manually.

Regards,

Nathan F.
 
I looked up the article you suggested and then run a
search on my HD. I was surprised to find four gdiplus.dll files. They all
different in size - 1600KB, 1601KB, 1604KB, and 1607KB. Two are located in
two MSOCache CABs and two in My Pictures and My Documents folders. The MS
Visual Studio is empty... Recently, I was moving and deleting a lot of
photos and documents. It's possible that I inadvertently moved this gdiplus
file once. But twice? Now what? Should I leave them where they are or move
them somewhere else (in MS Visual Studio folder?)...
Click to expand...

Simple test: (if you do not want to search Registry):
1. Write down full filepaths of all four GDIPLUS.DLL files.
2. Rename three of these with prefix x as XGDIPLUS.DLL
(via CMD REName if needed.) Keep a record of this and reboot.
3. Run as normal. If you get an error message that GDIPLUS.DLL
cannot be found, you know the correctly named GDIPLUS.DLL
is either invalid or in the wrong place. Rename it.
4. Correct the name of one of the XGDIPLUS.DLL files, keep
a written record, reboot and return to #3.
 
Don,
thanks for your suggestion. I may try it. However, for now, I have no
problem running this machine and decided to leave these files where they
are...
Thanks again for your help.
Ilya
 
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