/DELAY   (Delay Load Import Settings)

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Syntax

/DELAY:{unload|nobind}

This option controls delayed loading of DDLs:

  • The unload qualifier tells the delay-load helper function to support explicit unloading of the DLL by resetting the IAT to its original form, invalidating IAT pointers and causing them to be overwritten.

  • The nobind qualifier tells the linker not to include a bindable IAT in the final image. The resulting image cannot be statically bound. (Images with bindable IATs may be statically bound prior to execution.)

To specify DLLs to delay load, use the /DELAYLOAD****option.