Disabling dll file request in exe file?

Question

Programming

One exe-shnik requests a specific dll file, without which it does not want to start. How to run the program without this dll file? Is it possible to somehow cut his request or is there another way?

Answer 1

Depends on who issues the error message.

• If Windows itself, the library is statically linked, nothing can be done.
  
• If the program itself, it loads the DLL through LoadLibrary and theoretically can work without it. Search with a disassembler and patch.
  

Answer 2

No way, the necessary functions are requested from the dll, and without them there is usually no way.