There are two different types of DLLs: self-registering DLLs and DLLs that you just have to manually add to the registry.

Self-registering DLLs need no human interaction. They were designed to automatically install themselves into your registry all by themselves. These DLLs include the necessary information in their coding to install themselves where they need to be, and it they can’t find the said directory, they’ll be sure to let you know (by giving you some sort of error message). These types come in .dll, .exe, and .ocx.

Other DLLs may require that you manually install to your registry. They may have not been programmed with the steps necessary to install themselves to your computer, and instead need your help in doing so. Installing a DLL is quite simple once you know the command and procedure. If you would like to install a DLL file, then just follow the instructions below.

How to Install a DLL file in Windows XP

With Windows up and ready to go, click on “Start”.
You will now see a general menu. Click the “Run…” button.

A Run dialog box should come up. Here you can type different commands in to open certain programs, or you can even perform different tasks. For example, by typing “mspaint”, Microsoft Paint will be brought up. You can also type something like “calc” to bring up the calculator program.

From here, you’ll want to type in something in this format:”regsvr32 “file.dll” (make sure not to type the quotation marks). Make sure that the “file.dll” part is the exact address of where the dll is located in your system. If you’re not sure what this means, keep reading.

When you type “regsvr32″, this tells Windows that you want to register something into the registry. The next part is the path to which the file you are trying to register exists at.

Say you wanted to register a DLL file named “mwolk.dll” into the registry, and the file was located in “C:\Windows\System32″.

To register the file, you’d just have to open up “Run” and type:  regsvr32 “C:\Windows\System32\mwolk.dll”

If you’re not sure where the file is located exactly, an easy thing you could do is cut the file and paste it in a folder path you’re familiar with. You could try just putting it on your main drive (most likely the C: drive). If you put in it in the root directory of the C: drive, the command would then be: regsvr32 “C:\mwolk.dll”

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