A simple description of almost all the files under SYSTEM32 _ Application Tips

Author: Old Peaches
Source: Worry-free launch forum

Aclui.dll ..... Security descriptor Editor, without it, the Registry Editor will not run
Activeds. Dll..... (ADs routing layer DLL). Without it, opening Event Viewer would be an error
ADSLDPC. Dll...... ADs LDAP provider C DLL
ADVAPI32. Dll..... (Advanced Windows 32 basic API) ... This avicap32.dll is used to save video captured from a digital camera in AVI format. If you are recording a video or are chatting on video, you will terminate the process
ADVPack. Dll...... (ADVPack Library). Windows uses it to authenticate. inf files. If Advpack.dll is unavailable, Windows will not work correctly. (without it, there will be an error opening the System properties.)
Asycfilt. Dll.... I have installed a program Statbar that requires this file
Atl. Dll.......... Windows XP ATL Module (Unicode)
Authz. Dll........ Certification Framework
Basesrv. Dll...... Windows NT BASE API Server DLL
Batmeter. Dll..... (Battery helper DLL). This file is required to turn on power options
Bootvid.dll ..... VGA Boot Driver
Browselc. Dll..... Shell Browser user Interface Library
Browser.dll ... Computer browser Service DLL
Browseui. Dll..... Shell Browser user Interface Library
Browsewm.dll ... BROWSEWM Player
CABINET. Dll...... (Microsoft®cab file API). You should keep this file if you want to open system options normally
Calc. Exe....... (Calculator). The calculator program with Windows self
CFGMGR32. Dll... Configuring a management forwarder DLL without it, unable to format the disk in Resource Manager
Clb.dll ..... Column List Box, without it, the Registry Editor will not run
Cmd. Exe.... (command line). Can provide a command-line prompt (MS-DOS shell interpreter) under Windows NT
Comcat.dll ..... Microsoft C run-time Library files
COMCTL32. Dll..... Common control libraries
COMDLG32. Dll..... Common dialog Box DLL
Console.dll ..... Control Panel Console Applet
Control.exe ..... Windows Control Panel (this is not actually the control Panel.)
CONVERT. Exe.... (conversion). Used to convert the partition format from FAT to NTFS and from NTFSv4 to NTFSV5
CredUI. Dll....... Licensing certificate Management Program user interface
Crtdll.dll ..... Encryption Manager
CRYPT32. Dll...... 32-bit Encryption API
Cryptdll. Dll..... Encryption Management Program
Cryptui. Dll...... Microsoft Encrypted user interface provider
Csrsrv. Dll....... Client Server runtime process
Csrss. Exe........ (Client-Server Runtime server subsystem). Used to maintain WIN32 system environment console and other basic functions.
Desk.cpl ... Display Properties
Deskmon.dll ..... Advanced Display Monitor Properties
Devenum.dll ..... Device enumeration
Devmgr.dll ..... Device Manager MMC Management tools
Diskcopy.dll ... Windows DiskCopy
Dmintf.dll ..... Disk Management DCOM Interface stub
Dmutil.dll ..... Logical Disk Manager Tool Gallery
DNSAPI. Dll....... DNS Client API DLL
Fmifs.dll ... FM IFS Tool DLL
Framebuf.dll ... Frame Buffer Display Driver
GDI32. Dll........ GDI client DLLs (functions that contain xcmd settings font)
Hal.dll ..... (Hardware abstraction layer). Hide the complexity of Windows applications handling hardware problems (files that can be deleted after startup)
Hccoin.dll ..... USB Cooperative Setup program
Hotplug.dll ..... For safe removal of hardware, for example, U disk
Icaapi.dll ..... TERMDD device-Driven DLL interface
Ifsutil.dll ..... IFS Tool DLL
Imagehlp. Dll..... Windows NT Image Assistant (required for IE to display images)
Imm32.dll ..... (Windows XP IMM32 API client DLL). Used to open System properties normally
Inetmib1.dll ... Microsoft Mib-ii subagent
Input.dll ... (text input DLL). Language and locale need this file to display the relevant dialog box
Iphlpapi. Dll..... IP Helper API
Iyuv_32.dll ..... Intel Indeo (R) video YUV Codec (file version: 5.1.2600.2180)
Kbdus.dll ..... US keyboard layouts
Kdcom.dll ..... Kernel Debugger Hardware extension DLL (files that can be deleted after startup)
Kerberos. Dll..... Kerberos Security Pack
Kernel32.dll ..... Windows NT BASE API client DLL
LinkInfo. Dll..... WINDOWS Volume tracking
Lpk.dll ..... Session Logoff Tool
Lsasrv. Dll....... LSA Server DLL
LSASS. Exe........ (LSA Security Service). Local Security authentication Server process
Main.cpl ... Mouse
MFC42. Dll...... Mfcdll Shared Library
Mfc42u.dll ..... Mfcdll Shared Library
Mpr. Dll.......... Multiple provider routing DLLs
Mprapi. Dll....... (Windows NT MP Routing Management DLL)
Mprui.dll ..... Multiple providers
MSASN1. Dll....... ASN.1 Runtime API
Mscat32.dll ..... MSCAT32 Forwarder DLL
Mscms.dll ..... (Microsoft Color Matching system DLL). This module contains a number of functions for correcting image color, and for color mapping, color management
MSCTF. Dll...... MSCTF Server DLL
MsftEdit.dll.. Rich text editing control, v4.1
Msgina. Dll....... Windows NT logon GINA DLL
Msh263.drv ..... Microsoft h.263 ICM Driver
Msidntld.dll ... Microsoft Identity Manager
MSIMG32. Dll...... Gdiext Client DLLs
MSIMTF. Dll..... Active IMM Server DLL
Msls31.dll ..... (Microsoft Linear Service library file). Internet Explorer needs this file
Msports.dll ..... Port Class Installer
Msprivs. Dll...... Microsoft Privilege Conversion
Msrle32.dll ..... Microsoft RLE Compression Device
Mssign32.dll ... Microsoft Trusted Visa APIs
Mssip32.dll ..... MSSIP32 Forwarder DLL
Msvcirt.dll ..... Windows NT IOStreams DLL
MSVCP60. Dll...... Microsoft (R) C + + Run-time library files
Msvcrt40.dll ... VC 4.x CRT DLL (backward compatible Msvcrt.dll)
MSVCRT. Dll....... Windows NT CRT DLL
Msvfw32.dll ... Microsoft Video for Windows DLL
Msvidc32.dll ... Microsoft Video 1 Compressor
Mydocs.dll ..... My Document folder user interface
Ncxpnt.dll ... netork (not network) the Setup Wizard supports DLLs
Nddeapi. DLL ... network DDE share management APIs
NET1. Exe....... (Network). and NET. EXE has the same functionality (you need to call Net1 when you use the Net command, and you can't do it if it doesn't exist)
NET. Exe........ (Network). For managing, configuring, and viewing network-related information, such as net use, net print, net user, and so on
NETAPI32. Dll..... Net Win32 API DLL
Netrap.dll ..... Network Remote Management Protocol DLL
Netui0.dll ..... NT LM UI Common Code-gui Classes (file version: 5.1.2600.2180)
Netui1.dll ..... NT LM UI Common Code-gui Classes (file version: 5.1.2600.2180)
Newdev.dll ..... Add a Hardware Device library file
NOTEPAD. Exe...... (Notepad). Text Editing tools
Ntdll. Dll........ NT Layer DLL
Ntdsapi. Dll...... (Nt5DS Library) The directory service for Windows requires this Ntdsapi.dll library file. Directory services make it easier for Windows to locate devices and resources on the network
Ntlanman.dll ... Microsoft® LAN Manager
Ntlsapi.dll ..... Microsoft® License Server Interface DLL
Ntmarta. Dll...... Windows NT MARTA Provider
NTOSKRNL. Exe.. (operating system kernel). Windows XP Operating system kernel, the splash screen is in this file.
Ocmanage.dll.. Optional Component Management Library
ODBC32. Dll....... Microsoft Data ACCESS-ODBC Driver Manager
Odbcbcp. Dll...... (Microsoft BCP for ODBC). Without this file, you will encounter a mistake when you turn on the Computer Management. But you can still turn on computer Management. (I deleted the Computer Management.)
Odbcint. Dll...... Microsoft Data ACCESS-ODBC Resources
OLE32. Dll........ Microsoft OLE for Windows
Oleacc.dll ..... (Active accessibility core components)
OLEAUT32. Dll..... Windows uses it to perform OLE (object linking and embedding) operations. OLE allows you to embed an object created by a program into a document or object in another program. For example. Embed an Excel table in a Word document. Windows applications often use OLE, so you can't delete them in general.
OLECLI32. Dll..... Object Linking and embedding client library files
OLECNV32. Dll..... Microsoft OLE for Windows
Oledlg.dll ..... (Microsoft Windows (TM) OLE 2.0 user interface Support)
OLESVR32. Dll..... Object Linking and Embedding server libraries
OLETHK32. Dll..... Microsoft OLE for Windows
Perfctrs.dll ... Performance counters
Powercfg.cpl.. Power Options
Powrprof. Dll..... (Power Configuration helper DLL). To open the keyboard properties in Device Manager normally, you need to keep this file
Profmap. Dll...... Userenv
Psapi. Dll........ Process Status Assistant
Pstorec.dll ..... COM interfaces for Protected storage
Pstorsvc.dll ..... Protected Storage Server
Reg. Exe........ (Registry console). A command line tool for querying and modifying the registry
Regapi. Dll....... Registry Configuration APIs
REGSVR32. Exe... (register server). For registering components, DLLs
Riched20.dll ... Rich text editing control, v3.0
Rnr20.dll ... Windows Socket2 Namespace DLL
RPCRT4. Dll....... Remote Procedure Call run time
RPCSS. Dll........ Distributed COM Services
Rsaenh. Dll....... Microsoft Enhanced Encryption Provider
Rshx32.dll ..... Secure Shell Extension
Rtipxmib.dll ... Microsoft Router IPX MIB subagent
Rtutils. Dll...... Routing Tools
RUNDLL32. Exe... (Run DLL). Command-line tools for running DLL files
RUNONCE. Exe.... (Run Once). To add a definition to the RunOnce registry key for the task that will be performed
Samlib. Dll....... SAM Library DLL
Samsrv. Dll....... SAM Server DLL
Scesrv. Dll....... Windows Security Configuration Editor engine
SCHANNEL. Dll..... TLS/SSL Security Provider
SECUR32. Dll...... Security Support Provider Interface
Security.dll ... Security Support Provider Interface
Services.exe ..... (Security and control procedures). Windows XP uses it to manage services
SETUP. Exe...... (Setup). Windows Installer
SetupAPI. Dll..... Windows Setup API
SFC. Dll.......... Windows File Protection
Sfc_os. Dll....... Windows File Protection
Sfcfiles.dll ..... Windows 2000 System File Checking tool
SHDocVw. Dll...... Shell document objects and control libraries
SHELL32. Dll...... Windows Shell Generic Dll
Shellstyle.dll.. Windows Shell style Resource DLL
Shfolder. Dll..... (Shell folder service). To open System Properties normally, you need to keep this file
Shgina.dll ..... Windows Shell User Login <--This file is used to reboot your computer from your desktop. Further, once you delete it or remove it from the System32 folder, you will not be able to reboot from your desktop even if you put it back.
Shimgvw.dll ... (Windows picture and Fax Viewer). I'm going to use it to look at pictures on my computer.
Shlwapi. Dll...... Shell Light-weight Tool Library
Sigtab.dll ..... File Integrity settings (System Properties--> Hardware--> dialog box for driver signing options)
SMSS. Exe......... (Session manager). is a session manager that is used to create a Windows XP environment during startup
Snmpapi.dll ..... SNMP Tools Library
Softpub.dll ..... Softpub Forwarder DLL
Softpub.dll ..... Softpub Forwarder DLL
Stobject. Dll..... (Systray Shell service object). Stobject.dll is a library file that contains resources such as icons.
Streamci.dll ... Streaming Device Class Installer
SVCHOST. Exe...... General hosting processes for WIN32 services
SXS. Dll.......... Fusion 2.5
Sysdm.cpl ..... System Properties
SYSTRAY. Exe.... (System bar). The system tray provider. It controls the taskbar and the system bar. But, without it, there's nothing wrong with it.
Taskmgr. Exe... (Task Manager). Task Manager used in peacetime
Themeui.dll ... Windows Theme API
Timedate.cpl.. Time and date
Ufat.dll ..... FAT Tool DLL
Ulib. Dll....... File Tool Support DLL
Umdmxfrm.dll ..... Unimodem Conversion Module
Umpnpmgr.dll ..... User mode Plug and Play service
Untfs.dll ... NTFS Tool DLL
Ureg.dll ..... Registry Tool DLL
Urlmon.dll ..... Win32 OLE32 Extension
Usbui.dll ... USB user Interface Dll
User32.dll ..... Windows XP User API client DLL
Userenv.dll ... User Environment
USERINIT. Exe.. (user initialization). The environment used to determine the operating system after the user logs on
Usp10.dll ..... Uniscribe Unicode Script Processor
UxTheme. Dll...... Microsoft UxTheme Library
VERSION. Dll...... Version checking and file installation libraries
Vga64k.dll ..... 32k/64k Color VGA\SVGA Display Driver
Vga.dll ..... VGA 16-Color Display driver
W32topl.dll ..... Windows NT Topology Maintenance tool
Wdigest. Dll...... Microsoft Capture Access
WIN32K. SYS ..... Multi-user Win32 driver
WININET. Dll...... Internet Extensions
Winipsec.dll ..... Windows IPSec SPD Client DLL
WINLOGON. Exe..... Windows NT Logon Application
Winmm. Dll........ MCI API DLL
Winrnr. Dll....... LDAP RnR provider DLL
WinSpool. DRV ... Windows Buffer Pool Driver
Winsrv. Dll....... Windows Server DLL
Winsta. Dll....... Workstation Library files
WINTRUST. Dll..... Microsoft Trusted Certificate APIs
WLDAP32. Dll...... Win32 LDAP API DLL
Wmi. Dll.......... (WMI DC and DP capabilities). To turn on Computer Management normally, you need to keep this file
Ws2_32.dll ..... Windows Socket 2.0 32-bit DLL
Ws2help. Dll...... Windows Socket 2.0 Assistant
Wshnetbs.dll ... Netbios Windows Sockets Layer Helper DLL
WSOCK32. Dll...... (Windows 32-bit sockets Layer DLL). Some software that involves the web will need it
WTSAPI32. Dll..... Windows Terminal Server SDK API
Netid.dll-----(System Properties--> computer name)
Fontview.exe--Font Viewer
Fontext.dll--related to Font folder view installation fonts