[Lonesome_dove989]

Okay, in DOS I typed in all of that, and it said File Not Found - OLEAUT32.DLL

But, I clicked Start>Find>Files or Folders and searched for it, it's in Windows. What am I doing wrong?

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That happened when you typed?

copy C:\OLEAUT32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OLEAUT32.DLL

The only thing that can give you that error if there is no source file. Menaing you didn't have a replacement in C:\

[Metallica]

That happened when you typed?

copy C:\OLEAUT32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OLEAUT32.DLL

The only thing that can give you that error if there is no source file. Menaing you didn't have a replacement in C:\

[Lonesome_dove989]

Sooooooo... is there anything to do to fix it? Or, am I just up a river without a paddle?

[Metallica]

An English version of Oleaut32.dll is available here: http://www.dll-files....shtml?oleaut32

Download it to the C:\ directory and use the command to replace the old one with it.

Regards,

[Lonesome_dove989]

Okay, I got it downloaded to C:

It's a Zip file, do I need to extract it?

Sorry for dumb questions, but I don't want to make any wrong moves.

[Lonesome_dove989]

Grrrrr... I extracted the file to C:...

Did the command. Overwrite? Y

Then I got the message"Sharing Violation- 0 FILES COPIED"

[Metallica]

Use the command like this:

copy /Y C:\OLEAUT32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\OLEAUT32.DLL

That should suppress the prompt to overwrite

You are doing this from DOS so the file is not in use, right?

Regards,

[Lonesome_dove989]

I'm doing this from the Dos Prompt window. Do I need to restart the computer in MS Dos completely? I'm getting confused now.

[Metallica]

Yes. You'll have to boot to DOS or the file will be in use.

Regards,

[Lonesome_dove989]

That did it! I think we've fixed it. I can use "find on this page" AND open new windows!


Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!




Wonder how I lost the oleaut32.dll in the first place?




Metallica!

[Metallica]

Excellent job.

Usually these files get replaced or damaged by malware.

Please do have a look at my site about removing and preventing spyware.

Regards,