REX Shared Library - correct location?

[DarkStar]

On Windows 7, is there a preferred / standard location for the REX Shared Library DLLs (both 32-bit and 64-bit)?

I ask as I have several software products that use it and I see that I have 7 copies of the 32-bit version (and fewer of the 64-bit version) on my system, all over the place.

Is there a standard location? Should all products using it look there? Do they?

And, how about on other OS (to help out other people)?

[Toby@Arturia]

Hi,

In the rex sdk documentation itsays: "As of version 1.8, the Rex DLL/framework should not be installed in system folders. On windows install it in your applications folder, on Mac put it in the frameworks folder of your app bundle."

I suppose that means that there isn't a preferred location.

[elcallio]

And to quote the REX 1.7 docs:

The Shared Library is named differently and should be installed in different locations on each platform. On Mac OS X it is named "REX Shared Library.bundle" and should go in the global "/Library/Application Support/Propellerhead Software/Rex" folder. On Windows, it is called "REX Shared Library.DLL" and you
should put it in the %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%/Propellerhead Software/Rex folder"

(The 1.8 sdk is only for Vista and above).
Debating the pros and cons of the issue is somewhat moot. It is however a _shared_ lib, and was at least intented to be backwards compatible. Thus this approach is at least not totally off.
Many hosts/products do indeed place the DLL side-by-side with the app or similar. And of course, as pointed out, by v1.8 the props have abandoned the sharing practice altogether, for better or for worse.