A timing problem with loading DLLs is unlikely, but it could have been a problem with different versions of the same DLL in different paths or folders.

Any Windows program loads DLLs in the following order:

- If a DLL is already loaded, it takes that one, regardless from which folder.
- Then it looks in the path given in the DLL name, if any
- Then, in the work folder
- Then, acknex_plugins
- Then, the .exe folder, normally c:\program files\gstudio7
- Then, the Windows directory
- Finally, the system search path

Ahh thanks JCL thats a piece of info Ive never been sure of.
So even if a dll with the same NAME has already been loaded into memory
by another application, it will be used first? Do I understand correctly?

No, only when the same application has already loaded it. Loading the DLL in another application should not matter as to my knowledge. But in any case you should definitely not have different versions of the same DLL distributed over your folders.