The executable is absent yet I can execute the command on the command line

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Published on 2010-03-03T15:31:41Z Indexed on 2010/03/15 15:50 UTC
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There's such utility for Windows developers called regtlib. I have three computers - one with WinXP, another two with Win2k3. If I run built-in Windows search for file with wildcard regtlib* on the whole filesystem search finds nothing on all three computers.

If I try to execute regtlib on WinXP command line it says it can't find such a file or built-in command. The same on one of the two Win2k3 computers. But when I do that on the other Win2k3 computer I see typical regtlib output.

What happens? What is the magic that invokes regtlib without the file being present on the filesystem?

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