1Chrome Early Loading Framework (aka ChromeELF) 2 3chrome_elf.dll is shipped in Chrome's version directory to ease updates, 4and is loaded early in chrome.exe's lifetime. This is done by turning the 5version directory into a private assembly which refers to chrome_elf.dll 6(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa374224.aspx). 7 8In an ideal world, this would be done by embedding an application config in 9chrome.exe that would refer to the proper version directory via a 10probing\privatePath attribute (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/aa374182.aspx). 11This would allow us to refer to dlls in the version directory without having to 12make the version directory itself into an assembly. It would also avoid naming 13conflicts (as the WinSxS dir and GAC both take precedence over private 14assemblies when searching for dlls). Unfortunately, the probing\privatePath 15attribute is only supported for Windows 7 and later. 16