---
name: "SHELL_DllEntryPoint"
section: "3w"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwine-dev"
version: "1.4.1-4"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/SHELL_DllEntryPoint"
---

# SHELL\_DllEntryPoint(3w)

## NAME

**SHELL\_DllEntryPoint** (SHELL.101)

## SYNOPSIS

BOOL SHELL\_DllEntryPoint\
  (\
   DWORD       *Reason*,\
   HINSTANCE16 *hInst*,\
   WORD        *ds*,\
   WORD        *HeapSize*,\
   DWORD       *res1*,\
   WORD        *res2*\
  )

## DESCRIPTION

Initialization code for shell.dll. Automatically loads the 32-bit shell32.dll to allow thunking up to **32**-bit code.

## RETURNS

**Success:** **TRUE**. Initialization completed successfully.

**Failure:** **FALSE**.

## IMPLEMENTATION

Not declared in a Wine header. The function is either undocumented, or missing from Wine.

Implemented in **"dlls/shell.dll16/shell.c"**.

Debug channel **"shell"**.