How do I find out which dlls an executable will load?

Question

If I have a Windows executable, how can I find out which dlls it will load?

I\'m just talking about which ones that will be loaded statically, not ones it might load

Answer 1

There are utilities that will do this for you.

In the past I've used the MS tool (depends.exe) that came with (I think) VB.:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kche8ah.aspx

and there's this as well:
http://dependencywalker.com/

and probably others as well.

Answer 2

There is a handy tool called NDepend that will give you all DLL dependencies.

Answer 3

Solution for Microsoft .Net:

foreach (AssemblyName a in Assembly.ReflectionOnlyLoadFrom("SAMPLE.EXE").GetReferencedAssemblies()) 
{
    MessageBox.Show(a.Name); 
}