The Old New Thing

June 28, 2004 - The Old New Thing

When does SHLoadInProc unload a DLL?

June 28, 2004 Jun 28, 2004 06/28/04
Raymond Chen
The SHLoadInProc function instructs Explorer to create an instance of a particular CLSID. This causes the DLL responsible for that CLSID to be loaded. But when is it unloaded? This is one of those puzzles you should be able to figure out by thinking about it. Consider: The object is created by calling CoCreateInstance and then...

Ringside seats at Fruit Fly Fight Club

June 28, 2004 Jun 28, 2004 06/28/04
Raymond Chen
The first rule of Fruit Fly Fight Club: Flies can't talk about Fruit Fly Fight Club. Because they can't talk at all. At least not to humans. Researchers at Harvard Medical School took a break from studying lobster fighting and shifted their focus to fruit fly fights, and even mutant fruit fly fights. (Via The Annals of ...