I have two DLLs named ws2_32.dll and wsock32.dll. I also have an application that i want to utalize these two dlls rather then the ones in system32 but it apears that it doesn't. I ran a dependency scanner and found that in fact the application does load these two DLLs rather then the ones in system32 folder. How i know its not working: the dlls are suppose to make a .cap file logging the packets sent and received in tcp dump format. It succeeded in making the .cap file on winXP but not Win7. I came upon some one else having same problem but with vista but that could be fixed by doing the following: 'set the registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\DevOverrideEnable" to 1" ' However, i can't find the DevOverrideEnable field in my win7 registry. please advise. Thank you, Astropirit

Hello,You can manually add 'DevOverrideEnable' value: DevOverrideEnable:REG_DWORD is set to 1. It works in windows 7.Thomas77

i have tried that but it doesnt work and yes i reboted.

does the registry entry " HKLM\ SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\KnownDLLs" have any thing to do with this problem? i tried taking off the dll with the same name off the list but it denied my permission.