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    copied!<p>Found it myself:</p> <p>Windows does look in the App Directory first: If SafeDllSearchMode is enabled, the search order is as follows:</p> <ol> <li>The directory from which the application loaded.</li> <li>The system directory. Use the GetSystemDirectory function to get the path of this directory.</li> <li>The 16-bit system directory. There is no function that obtains the path of this directory, but it is searched.</li> <li>The Windows directory. Use the GetWindowsDirectory function to get the path of this directory.</li> <li>The current directory.</li> <li>The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable. Note that this does not include the per-application path specified by the App Paths registry key. The App Paths key is not used when computing the DLL search path.</li> </ol> <p>If SafeDllSearchMode is disabled, the search order is as follows:</p> <p><em>1. The directory from which the application loaded. 2. The current directory. 3. The system directory. Use the GetSystemDirectory function to get the path of this directory. 4. The 16-bit system directory. There is no function that obtains the path of this directory, but it is searched. 5. The Windows directory. Use the GetWindowsDirectory function to get the path of this directory. 6. The directories that are listed in the PATH environment variable. Note that this does not include the per-application path specified by the App Paths registry key. The App Paths key is not used when computing the DLL search path.</em></p> <p>according to : <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682586.aspx" rel="noreferrer">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682586.aspx</a></p> <p>But you can redirect where it looks for .dll's using a Manifest:</p> <p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375365(VS.85).aspx" rel="noreferrer">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375365(VS.85).aspx</a></p>
 

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