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SHELL32.dll

SHELL32.dll was added to FreeFixer's database on 25th September 2006. The most recent search for this file was done on 31st August 2008. SHELL32.dll is located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\' folder and has a size of 8453632 bytes.

So far there have been 39 searches for SHELL32.dll.

SHELL32.dll is a file from Microsoft and it has been whitelisted. It will not appear in FreeFixer's scan result if you are running a version built after 01 Nov 2006.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on SHELL32.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameMicrosoft® Windows® Operating System
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionWindows Shell Common Dll
Internal nameSHELL32
Original filenameSHELL32.DLL
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version6.00.2900.2951
File version6.00.2900.2951 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.060713-0009)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5f056b4771408966694de5d9bf7******
SHA256bb7a3673d581da381f4aa3a6681d5d40f800b3472967dc2169116e412a******

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