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OLE Version 2.03

Article ID: 123087

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows 3.11 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.2

This article was previously published under Q123087

Introduction

The WW1116.EXE file contains an updated version of OLE for use with Windows and Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1 and 3.11. OLE version 2.03 includes the following improvements:

You can unload Microsoft Excel add-in tools.
Japanese NEC computers do not hang when a running OLE program is called by another program.

OLE version 2.03 also includes the following previous improvements:

There is no longer a 20-user limit on read-only network files.

Programs Affected

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.x and 6.x
Some incompatibilities between OLE programs and network operating systems (such as DEC(R) PATHWORKS(R) and UNIX(R)) have been removed.

Programs Affected

Microsoft Works for Windows, version 3.0
A general protection (GP) fault using multiple palettes no longer occurs.

Programs Affected

Microsoft Access, versions 1.x and 2.0

NOTE: Microsoft Access users should also order Application Note WX1124.
A GP fault no longer occurs on computers with Win32s(R) present but not loaded.

Installing OLE Version 2.03

To install OLE version 2.03, follow these steps:

Download the WW1116.EXE file from the Microsoft Download Center to an empty folder.
Double-click the WW1116.EXE file you downloaded in step 1.
On the Program Manager File menu, click Run. In the Command Line box, type the following line and then press ENTER

notepad <source>:\license.txt

where <source> is the folder containing the file you downloaded from an online service. For example, If you downloaded the Ww1116.exe file from an online service to the C:\Download folder, type the following line:

notepad c:\download\license.txt
On the Notepad Edit menu, click Word Wrap. Review the licensing agreement, and then quit Notepad.
On the Program Manager File menu, click Run. In the Command Line box, type the following line and then press ENTER

<source>:\setup

where <source> is the folder containing the file you downloaded from an online service. For example if you downloaded the Ww1116.exe file from an online service to the C:\Download folder, type the following line:

c:\download\setup
Follow the instructions in the Setup program to finish installing OLE 2.03.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download Ww1116.exe now

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. Setup installs the OLE 2.03 library files on your hard disk. Refer to the "Filename in Windows\System folder" column to determine the filename and size of files that are expanded on the hard disk.

      Original        Size     Filename in     Size
      Filename        (bytes)  Windows\System  (bytes)
                               folder
      ------------------------------------------------
      _mssetup.bat    255      Not applicable  --
      _mssetup.exe    9,813    Not applicable  --
      _mstest.exe     89,504   Not applicable  --
      Compobj.dl_     61,684   Compobj.dll     109,056
      License.txt     9,912    Not applicable  --
      Mscomstf.dll    77,072   Not applicable  --
      Mscuistf.dll    71,424   Not applicable  --
      Msdetstf.dll    25,232   Not applicable  --
      Msinsstf.dll    67,104   Not applicable  --
      Msshlstf.dll    14,400   Not applicable  --
      Msuilstf.dll    6,352    Not applicable  --
      Ole2.dl_        170,995  Ole2.dll        304,640
      Ole2.re_        5,606    Ole2.reg        27,397
      Ole203.inf      1,174    Not applicable  --
      Ole2conv.dl_    35,579   Ole2conv.dll    57,328
      Ole2disp.dl_    88,247   Ole2disp.dll    163,408
      Ole2nls.dl_     73,439   Ole2nls.dll     124,512
      Ole2prox.dl_    24,421   Ole2prox.dll    51,712
      Setup.exe       39,920   Not applicable  --
      Stdole.tl_      2,850    Stdole.tlb      5,472
      Storage.dl_     89,197   Storage.dll     157,696
      Typelib.dl_     108,842  Typelib.dll     177,744
      Ver.dll         9,008    Not applicable  --

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OLE Version 2.03

Introduction

Installing OLE Version 2.03