Performance and Diagnostics

Deep Dive Analysis: Why did this dll increase in file size by 50%?

October 25, 2023 Oct 25, 2023 10/25/23

Keith Mahoney

We recently noticed that one of the dlls that we produce had suddenly jumped up in file size. The WinUI Controls library, Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.dll that ships as part of Windows App SDK had ballooned in size in our internal builds. It had suddenly grown from 7 MB to 10.5 MB - approximately a 50% increase in size. What had happened to ...