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Windows has supported installing multiple versions of the same system library ever since Windows XP via WinSxS. It's been a non-issue for a long time.
by plorkyeran 6y ago
Windows has supported installing multiple versions of the same system library ever since Windows XP via WinSxS. It's been a non-issue for a long time.
- alkonaut 6y agoStill, for application developers the idea of installing "system-wide libraries" is all but gone. An application installer will just install to \Programs and that's normally it, even for very large applications (Obviously something system-y like a driver still installs system files). Even things that used to be typical system things like runtimes (C++, .NET) can now be locally deployed, which is nice. In the 90's it wasn't uncommon for installers to just poop application files or config files into Windows\System32.