Monday, December 11, 2006
Geekgirl,
Because I am having the same W98 problem with the oleaut32.dll file not starting, I followed your instructions:
Boot the computer into Safe Mode (By tapping the F8 key)
Go into C:\Windows\System directory
Rename the file oleaut32.dll to .old
Run VBRun60.exe (VB6 runtime lib)
Re-Boot the machine
A couple of concerns resulted. First, while in my C:\Windows\System directory, I was never able to find the oleaut32.dll file. This was odd because I successfully performed a Start > Find > Files and Folders. This resulted in a list of oleaut32.dll files, the most recent update being 08/10/2004. Anyway, I couldn’t delete the oleaut32.dll in C:\Windows\System directory because I was not able to locate it.
I decided to go ahead and run the vbrun60. It appeared to successfully execute. However, after an apparent successful completion, this dialog boxed immediately appeared: Error registering the OCX c:\windows\SYSTEM\OLEAUT32.DLL. I executed vbrun60 again in hope that it would remedy this new concern. It didn’t.
Twice I restarted my PC only to find the same old error messages stating that, “The oleaut32.dll file cannot start.”
I don’t know about you, but in my mind this problem really seems to be going from bad to worse. I’m very much in need of it immediately going from bad to corrected.
Striver
Geekgirl,
Because I am having the same W98 problem with the oleaut32.dll file not starting, I followed your instructions:
Boot the computer into Safe Mode (By tapping the F8 key)
Go into C:\Windows\System directory
Rename the file oleaut32.dll to .old
Run VBRun60.exe (VB6 runtime lib)
Re-Boot the machine
A couple of concerns resulted. First, while in my C:\Windows\System directory, I was never able to find the oleaut32.dll file. This was odd because I successfully performed a Start > Find > Files and Folders. This resulted in a list of oleaut32.dll files, the most recent update being 08/10/2004. Anyway, I couldn’t delete the oleaut32.dll in C:\Windows\System directory because I was not able to locate it.
I decided to go ahead and run the vbrun60. It appeared to successfully execute. However, after an apparent successful completion, this dialog boxed immediately appeared: Error registering the OCX c:\windows\SYSTEM\OLEAUT32.DLL. I executed vbrun60 again in hope that it would remedy this new concern. It didn’t.
Twice I restarted my PC only to find the same old error messages stating that, “The oleaut32.dll file cannot start.”
I don’t know about you, but in my mind this problem really seems to be going from bad to worse. I’m very much in need of it immediately going from bad to corrected.
Striver