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{{expert-subject|Microsoft Windows}}

Like most modern operating systems, [[Microsoft Windows]] supports [[shared libraries]], collections of code which can be used by multiple processes while only being loaded once into memory. Windows terms its shared libraries [[Dynamic-link library|Dynamic-link libraries]] (DLL's).

The following is a list of '''[[Microsoft Windows]] Dynamic-link library (DLL) files'''. A [[Dynamic-link library|DLL]] file is an extension of a program or .exe file. Microsoft designed these files so that you could run a program that would normally take up a lot of memory, on a machine that does not have a lot of memory. This move made their [[operating system]] more versatile. However, these files should not be messed with because if they are, they may render your computer inoperable. Windows XP hides these files by default so that they are not accidentally deleted.

Most core Windows functionality is contained within [[Native API|Native Applications]] and a set of DLL's, which together provide the various subsystems in which code can run ([[Windows API|Win32]], [[POSIX]], the [[NTVDM|virtual DOS machine]], etc.).

== Hal.dll ==