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curprev 02:2602:26, 21 July 2025 Guy Harris talk contribs 18,819 bytes −3,508 →Internal components: HAL.DLL doesn't belong here, it belongs in Architecture of Windows NT. undo
curprev 01:3401:34, 21 July 2025 AnomieBOT talk contribs m 22,327 bytes +15 Dating maintenance tags: {{Disputed inline}} undo
curprev 01:1301:13, 21 July 2025 Guy Harris talk contribs 22,312 bytes +130 →Library sources: I don't think SDKs for Windows necessarily provide statically-linked versions of the system .dlls; see talk page. undo

curprev 22:5622:56, 20 July 2025 Guy Harris talk contribs 22,182 bytes 0 →Library Sources: Sentence case in section headings. undo

curprev 21:1821:18, 13 April 2025 WereSpielChequers talk contribs 22,182 bytes +1 typo undo

curprev 01:5201:52, 10 April 2025 AnomieBOT talk contribs 22,181 bytes −11 Fixing reference errors undo

curprev 22:5922:59, 9 April 2025 SkwGnuLve talk contribs 22,192 bytes −64 Added some information from this reference where Mark Russinovich and Scott Hanselman speak of the NT API: https://shows.acast.com/scott-and-mark-learn-to/episodes/scott-mark-learn-to-undocumented-apis undo Tags: extraneous markup Visual edit

curprev 10:1610:16, 2 February 2025 Meno25 talk contribs 22,256 bytes 0 →See also undo

curprev 22:0222:02, 1 February 2025 Jamarr81 talk contribs 22,256 bytes −38 Removed the {{lead too short|date=February 2013}} template as my previous change has resolved this. undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
curprev 21:5721:57, 1 February 2025 Jamarr81 talk contribs 22,294 bytes +867 Added a →Library Sources: section to clarify and disambiguate some of the unintentional(?) misconceptions or misinterpretations the first 3 paragraphs tried to convey. These updates also provide an explicit and clear distinction between dynamically-linked and statically-linked libraries and how those are provided/distributed, which should address some concerns/ambiguities noted on the Talk page. I also added several cross-references to other related pages where relevant. undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 17:5717:57, 1 February 2025 Jamarr81 talk contribs 21,427 bytes +13 →Runtime libraries: Added a sub-section header for the existing →UCRT: content, for easier cross-referencing. undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 21:3221:32, 20 November 2024 Citation bot talk contribs 21,414 bytes +90 Added date. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Whoop whoop pull up | Category:Microsoft application programming interfaces | #UCB_Category 102/133 undo

curprev 00:0800:08, 16 October 2024 RFL890 talk contribs 21,324 bytes +8 Reword a sentence undo

curprev 09:0009:00, 29 September 2024 164.215.250.40 talk 21,316 bytes −56 →KERNEL32.DLL: 2016 was a long time ago. Time to address this issue. undo

curprev 19:2719:27, 27 September 2024 Mr. Guye talk contribs 21,372 bytes +30 Added {{Update}} tag undo Tag: Twinkle

curprev 23:3823:38, 20 July 2024 Kvng talk contribs m 21,342 bytes −97 unpiped links using script undo

curprev 01:2801:28, 3 June 2024 RFL890 talk contribs 21,439 bytes +9 No edit summary undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 22:4222:42, 29 April 2024 GreenC bot talk contribs 21,430 bytes +223 Rescued 1 archive link; Move 1 url. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:URLREQ#symantec.com undo

curprev 16:2116:21, 26 April 2024 69.130.12.88 talk 21,207 bytes +1 More accurately describe C99 compliance as described by source undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 16:4116:41, 25 April 2024 164.215.193.171 talk 21,206 bytes +330 Undid revision 1133125675 by 46.249.160.41 Reverting vandalism undo Tag: Undo

curprev 12:3112:31, 20 March 2024 Uncopy talk contribs 20,876 bytes +12 →MSVCRT.DLL, MSVCP*.DLL and CRTDLL.DLL: Bold the font for UCRT because UCRT redirects here, and also bold the written-out form (since UCRT is in parentheses). undo

curprev 08:3208:32, 10 March 2024 Furrykef talk contribs m 20,864 bytes +1 →MSVCRT.DLL, MSVCP*.DLL and CRTDLL.DLL: matching comma undo

curprev 06:5406:54, 19 September 2023 WikiCleanerBot talk contribs m 20,863 bytes 0 v2.05b - Bot T20 CW#61 - Fix errors for CW project (Reference before punctuation) undo Tag: WPCleaner

curprev 10:3910:39, 11 September 2023 Rageking890 talk contribs m 20,863 bytes +293 →ADVAPI32.DLL undo

curprev 23:1723:17, 13 August 2023 2607:fb91:2292:cb7d:607f:acf5:3036:8878 talk 20,570 bytes +86 No edit summary undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 10:3710:37, 6 July 2023 2001:448a:3032:17b1:394d:8006:12c0:958a talk 20,484 bytes 0 The equivalent of ExitProcess is RtlExitUserProcess. NtTerminateProcess is equal to TerminateProcess undo

curprev 22:5822:58, 21 June 2023 Ayfaouzi talk contribs m 20,484 bytes 0 There is no such Version of Visual C++ that is 13.0. It was probably confused with Visual C++ 2013 but the MSVC version is 12.0. This Microsoft blog confirms this: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/the-great-c-runtime-crt-refactoring/ undo

curprev 12:3912:39, 28 April 2023 Efa talk contribs 20,484 bytes +131 added refs for C99 compliance undo
curprev 12:3312:33, 28 April 2023 Efa talk contribs 20,353 bytes +217 cross links and external links undo
curprev 12:2612:26, 28 April 2023 Efa talk contribs 20,136 bytes +169 note on UCRT undo

curprev 23:4423:44, 7 April 2023 Poweroffriendship talk contribs m 19,967 bytes +3 →MSVCRT.DLL, MSVCP*.DLL and CRTDLL.DLL: grammar undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 10:4410:44, 6 February 2023 Ghettoblaster talk contribs m 19,964 bytes +114 →HAL.DLL undo

curprev 17:1417:14, 14 January 2023 Card Zero talk contribs m 19,850 bytes 0 →MSVCRT.DLL, MSVCP*.DLL and CRTDLL.DLL: Moving the paragraph that starts "this runtime library", because additions since it was written have made the referent ambiguous: it refers to Msvcrt.dll, etc. undo

curprev 10:3210:32, 12 January 2023 46.249.160.41 talk 19,850 bytes −330 →COMCTL32.DLL undo Tags: Reverted section blanking Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 03:2403:24, 22 August 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 20,180 bytes +13 Alter: title. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | #UCB_webform 623/3841 undo

curprev 03:5903:59, 29 June 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 20,167 bytes +63 Add: title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | #UCB_webform 245/1424 undo

curprev 20:4820:48, 26 June 2022 JohnGDallman talk contribs 20,104 bytes +118 →MSVCRT.DLL, MSVCP*.DLL and CRTDLL.DLL: Correct the VCRuntime information. undo

curprev 13:3313:33, 16 May 2022 AstridRedfern talk contribs 19,986 bytes +140 Archive URL for outdated+broken link in citation undo

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curprev 04:4704:47, 8 March 2022 InternetArchiveBot talk contribs 19,777 bytes +433 Rescuing 3 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.8.6) (Whoop whoop pull up - 9680 undo

curprev 21:5921:59, 20 February 2022 BrownHairedGirl talk contribs 19,344 bytes +34 {{Dead link}} tag on bare URL refs which return HTTP 404 or 410 undo Tag: AWB

curprev 22:1322:13, 18 February 2022 Bepvte talk contribs 19,310 bytes +38 Citation needed on behavior of windows crt c runtime undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 18:1718:17, 30 November 2021 The Grid talk contribs 19,272 bytes +73 Adding local short description: "List of main shared-libraries of Microsoft Windows", overriding Wikidata description "list of main shared-libraries of Microsoft Windows" (Shortdesc helper) undo

curprev 17:5617:56, 29 November 2021 The Grid talk contribs m 19,199 bytes −46 remove wrong short description undo

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curprev 17:3617:36, 3 November 2021 Citation bot talk contribs 19,148 bytes +22 Add: website. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 2049/2146 undo

curprev 21:5421:54, 9 September 2021 ClueBot NG talk contribs m 19,126 bytes −3 Reverting possible vandalism by 24.201.118.116 to version by 93.72.29.12. Report False Positive? Thanks, ClueBot NG. (4036156) (Bot) undo Tag: Rollback
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