It is part of visual studio but it will allow you to view DLL file in great details. Visual Studio is capable of opening DLL file and viewing and editing certain sections of it like textual resources, icons, messages, etc. Do not download DLL files from the internet and do not replace your local DLL files with ones which origin is questionable. Please note that DLL files could contain dangerous viruses that can do serious damage to your computer. If it is so and extension of the file is DLL then most probably it is a real DLL file.īelow is an example of DLL file opened in Dependency Walker in Windows OS.
Check if the first two symbols in the file are MZ and the rest are binary symbols. Open DLL file with text editor or a hex editor.If you want to check if a specific file is a DLL you can do it via following methods:
Mac OS uses different format for application library files and thus it is not possible to open DLL files on Mac OS operating system.
DLL file is an executable file which is used as "Dynamic Link Library" or "Application Extension".