How to update DLL?

[stangor]

I want to update oleaut32.dll file or other dll, that used by Windows 98. Is there an automated way?

[reghakr]

Unless you're certain that the oleaut32.dll that you have is compatatble with 98, I'd search here first:

<a target="_blank" href=http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/>http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/</a>

The easiest was is toi use SFC. Just go to Start&gt;Run, type sfc. Choose extract one file from the installation disk, then browse to the file you want to replace, then browse to the location of the updated file.

Other than that, you'd need to go to DOS to update a DLL that's in use by Windows.

reghakr

[Gernot]

Download VB6run.exe
There is an updated version of OLEAUT32.DLL included. At least it worked on my machine.
Or here is what Peter C. Forrest from www.pcforrest.freeserve.co.uk (a highly recommended site) recommend for an update of a file:
If you have established the latest version, copy it into your c:\windows\sysbckup folder. This is where all important system files should be placed, and is where the version conflict manager will restore should it be "downgraded" in the future. It's best to do this as and when files are "downgraded" rather than attempting to do it for all such files.
Once the latest version is in place, then restart in MS-DOS mode and perform the "upgrade":

COPY C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP\OLEAUT32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OLEAUT32.DLL

Choose to overwrite the existing copy.
That's it. Reboot the system.

It's really easy, even I could do it! Thanks to Peter C. Forrest

Gernot

[stangor]

reghakr,

Thanks a lot for your help!!!

[reghakr]

No problem.

reghakr

[stangor]

Thanks a lot for your help.
Where I can download vb6run.exe and what is it?

[Gernot]

You can download it at www.pcforrest.freeserve.co.uk for example. As far as I know (I'm no expert) it has something to do with visual basic, must be a collection of several updated system files as different versions are existing vb5run.exe, vb6run.exe... Take the latest you can find. I think it's version 6. And ask Peter C. Forrest, if you want to know it exactly. He is always ready to help.
Gernot

[stangor]

Thanks

[DeQuincey]

oops wrong place in the thread.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by DeQuincey on 02/09/02 00:49.</FONT></P>

[DeQuincey]

They're the Visual Basic runtime files that must exist on a system in order to run Visual Basic apps.

Sometime VB programs have 'em packaged with the executable (as a result they are huge and they could overwrite dll's on your system w/o you even knowing it) other programs expect that your system will already have 'em installed.

Ever see two different downloads for a VB app?
One might be 900Kb and the other more like 5 Mb.
The larger one prolly contains VB Runtime files.