WinSXS folder?

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William Fields

Hello,

I just recently noticed a new WinSxS folder under my WinXP Windows folder.
It looks like this is used to support "side-by-side" installations of
..DLL's.

Is there a way to determine what application install created which folder
under WinSxS? In particular, I have this one I would like to know where it
came from:

x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.1331_x-ww_7a
bf6d02

Thanks.

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William Fields
MCSD - Microsoft Visual FoxPro
MCP - Win2k Pro
US Bankruptcy Court
Phoenix, AZ

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

- Douglas Adams (R.I.P.)
 
Thanks for the response Phil, I scanned the document and didn't notice
anything that stood out that may help to answer my question. The article is
pretty large, is there a section you believe in particular that would help?

The reason for the original post is that I get random explorer.exe crashes
while I'm working in Visual FoxPro v8. This has been happening for over a
month now and it's becoming quite irritating. Each time it crashes, it's
always associated with this particular .DLL and I'd like to know where it
came from.

--
William Fields
MCSD - Microsoft Visual FoxPro
MCP - Win2k Pro
US Bankruptcy Court
Phoenix, AZ

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

- Douglas Adams (R.I.P.)


Phil Wilson said:
See if this article helps.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/xptheming.asp

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Phil Wilson
[MVP Windows Installer]
William Fields said:
Hello,

I just recently noticed a new WinSxS folder under my WinXP Windows folder.
It looks like this is used to support "side-by-side" installations of
.DLL's.

Is there a way to determine what application install created which folder
under WinSxS? In particular, I have this one I would like to know where it
came from:
Click to expand...
x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.1331_x-ww_7a
bf6d02

Thanks.

--
William Fields
MCSD - Microsoft Visual FoxPro
MCP - Win2k Pro
US Bankruptcy Court
Phoenix, AZ

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

- Douglas Adams (R.I.P.)
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If you look at the article where it talks about manifests and public key
tokens, that public key token is the one in the title of that common control
you mentioned. Winsxs is the way Windows uses side-by-side DLLs (and the way
an app uses side-by-side is to use a manifest in the application folder). So
I think Windows installed that DLL and it's part of the XP themes being used
by explorer. If you turn off XP themes the problem might go away, but I
think it's just Windows using the DLL in its own internal side-by-side mode
and something in VFP seems to be breaking it.
--
Phil Wilson
[MVP Windows Installer]
William Fields said:
Thanks for the response Phil, I scanned the document and didn't notice
anything that stood out that may help to answer my question. The article is
pretty large, is there a section you believe in particular that would help?

The reason for the original post is that I get random explorer.exe crashes
while I'm working in Visual FoxPro v8. This has been happening for over a
month now and it's becoming quite irritating. Each time it crashes, it's
always associated with this particular .DLL and I'd like to know where it
came from.

--
William Fields
MCSD - Microsoft Visual FoxPro
MCP - Win2k Pro
US Bankruptcy Court
Phoenix, AZ

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

- Douglas Adams (R.I.P.)


Phil Wilson said:
See if this article helps.
Click to expand...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/xptheming.asp
--
Phil Wilson
[MVP Windows Installer]
William Fields said:
Hello,

I just recently noticed a new WinSxS folder under my WinXP Windows folder.
It looks like this is used to support "side-by-side" installations of
.DLL's.

Is there a way to determine what application install created which folder
under WinSxS? In particular, I have this one I would like to know
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
where
it
Click to expand...
x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.1331_x-ww_7a
Click to expand...
 
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