Load a DLL More Than Once?

Question

I\'m using the LoadLibrary function to load a DLL in Windows. My question is this: If I call this method more than once for the same DLL, do I get handles to different insta

Answer 1

The MSDN documentation states:

The system maintains a per-process reference count on all loaded modules. Calling LoadLibrary increments the reference count. Calling the FreeLibrary or FreeLibraryAndExitThread function decrements the reference count. The system unloads a module when its reference count reaches zero or when the process terminates (regardless of the reference count).

So it would appear that loading the module more than once (without matching calls to FreeLibrary) will return the same handle.