| Chrome Early Loading Framework (aka ChromeELF) |
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| chrome_elf.dll is shipped in Chrome's version directory to ease updates, |
| and is loaded early in chrome.exe's lifetime. This is done by turning the |
| version directory into a private assembly which refers to chrome_elf.dll |
| (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa374224.aspx). |
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| In an ideal world, this would be done by embedding an application config in |
| chrome.exe that would refer to the proper version directory via a |
| probing\privatePath attribute (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa374182.aspx). |
| This would allow us to refer to dlls in the version directory without having to |
| make the version directory itself into an assembly. It would also avoid naming |
| conflicts (as the WinSxS dir and GAC both take precedence over private |
| assemblies when searching for dlls). Unfortunately, the probing\privatePath |
| attribute is only supported for Windows 7 and later. |
