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user496949
user496949

Reputation: 86135

Does anyone know what advapi stands for?

Usually I saw advapi32.dll loaded into the memory, does anyone know what advapi stands for?

Upvotes: 21

Views: 56042

Answers (2)

CodeSamurai
CodeSamurai

Reputation: 673

Advapi32.dll is Advanced Windows 32 Base API.

This file is part of Microsoft Windows Operating System, usually located in the %SYSTEM% sub-folder, like C:\Windows\System32 folder.

Advapi32.dll is a part of the advanced API services library. It provides access to advanced functionality that comes in addition to the kernel.

It is responsible for things like the Windows registry, restarting and shutting down the system, starting/stopping and creating Windows services, and managing user accounts.

Upvotes: 3

jglouie
jglouie

Reputation: 12880

It stands for Advanced Windows 32 Base API as it can be read on clicking with secondary (right) pointing device (mouse) button on file %SystemRoot%\System32\advapi32.dll, clicking with primary (left) pointing device (mouse) button on context menu item Properties and selecting next the tab Details with the File description showing this information.

Found on Microsoft documentation page How RPC Works:

Advapi32.dll is an advanced Windows 32 base API DLL file; it is an API services library that supports security and registry calls.

Upvotes: 31

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