Even minor changes to the DLL code can cause this directory to be re-arranged, in which case an application that calls a particular method believing it to be the 4th item in the directory might end up calling an entirely different and incompatible routine, which would normally cause the application to crash.
Selv mindre ændringer i DLL-filen kan forårsage at listen bliver om-arrangeret, hvilket betyder at et program der anvender en bestemt metode i den tro, at den er det fjerde element i listen, kan ende med at prøve på at kalde en helt anden og inkompatibel rutine, som normalt resulterer i at programmet går ned.