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Dependency Walker
原作者	Steve Miller
開發者	Microsoft
首次发布	早于1997
操作系统	Microsoft Windows
类型	目标代码分析
许可协议	免费软件
网站	www.dependencywalker.com

Dependency Walker 或 depends.exe 是一个免费软件，用于在Microsoft Windows操作系统中列出可执行程序的输入与输出函数。该软件递归树形显示所有的依赖可执行文件。该软件包含在Microsoft Visual Studio中直到Visual Studio 2005 (Version 8.0)以及Windows XP SP2的Windows Support Tools（英语：Windows Support Tools）. 最新版本v2.2.10011不在dependencywalker.com网站上；但是包含在Windows Driver Kit v10 ^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]。

Windows 7引入了Windows API-sets的概念, 一种DLL重定向（redirection）.^[10]^[11] ^[12] Dependency Walker还不能很好处理这回总间接层次。

基本特性

支持Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 8 and 10
列出所有依赖的可执行模块。
支持64-bit与Windows CE可执行程序
检测模块是否用C或C++编写。
检测没有列在import address table的模块
列表使用不同颜色来表示出缺失的依赖文件
树形递归列出所有依赖文件

参考文献

^ Dependency Walker 2.2 (Windows 95 - Windows 10) （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） Steve Miller's Applications Page
^ Page 123 （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, Technology Best Practices, By Robert H. Spencer, Randolph P. Johnston, Dependency Walker is a well-recognized profiling tool that is freeware developed by Steve Miller, a Microsoft developer, who keeps this utility up-to-date with the latest Microsoft operating system releases...
^ Tool 'depends' - Depends.exe (1/1) By Steve Miller, 19/11/1997 - microsoft.public.vc.utilities, Google Groups, For starters, there are two separate applications called "depends.exe". One is a console application written by Matt Pietrek for MSJ magazine http://www.microsoft.com/msj/ （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） ), the other one is a GUI application I wrote for Microsoft. They both do similar things, but are unrelated (I did not know about Matt's version and I don't believe he knew about mine)....The GUI version, named Dependency Walker, shipped in the Win32 SDK, NT 4.0 Resource Kit, MSDN,...My site contains the complete version of Dependency Walker 1.0...
^ Download for version: 2.1.3623 Release Date: June 25, 2002 （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, How To Use Dependency Walker Version 2.1 to Create a Profile, Article ID: 256872, Applies to: Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Enterprise Edition
^ Review:Microsoft Dependency Walker 2.1 (32-bit):Analyse application failures in seconds with Dependency Walker （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, By Mike Williams, 2010-06-28, Techworld
^ Profiling x86 executable with Dependency Walker hangs on Windows 7 x64 （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） Stack Overflow
^ Download kits and tools for Windows hardware development （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） Windows 10 Hardware Dev Center
^ Page 104, Effective GUI Testing Automation: Developing an Automated GUI Testing Tool, By Kanglin Li, Mengqi Wu
^ Dependency Walker （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, Third-Party Tools for Windows XP Embedded, Microsoft MSDN
^ ApiSetSchema. www.geoffchappell.com. [2016-10-03]. （原始内容存档于2016-10-05）.
^ Windows 8.1 API Sets (Windows). msdn.microsoft.com. [2016-10-03]. （原始内容存档于2016-10-05）.
^ Dynamic-Link Library Redirection (Windows). msdn.microsoft.com. [2016-10-03]. （原始内容存档于2016-09-11）.