which dlls are being used?

Question

please forgive my windows ignorance,

Is there an application which can show me which dlls an executable is attempting to use (name, path)

I'm assuming this can be done via static analysis of executable and/or when the executable is running by examining system calls

Answer 1

Use process monitor

Answer 2

Try Dependency Walker.

Dependency Walker is a free utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependent modules. For each module found, it lists all the functions that are exported by that module, and which of those functions are actually being called by other modules. Another view displays the minimum set of required files, along with detailed information about each file including a full path to the file, base address, version numbers, machine type, debug information, and more.