OLE32AUT.DLL Error: During Install

The Error: OLE32AUT.DLL Problem with EJournal

The Cause:

We have had calls from users who could not install under Windows98, and also from users who said the installation trashed their computer. 

These problems have been associated with computers containing McAFEE antivirus program. You need to disable McAFEE and install.

Problems with OLEAUT32.dll has also been reported.

The problem is as follows: after installing unsuccessfully, other programs in your computer would complain about corrupted OLEAUT32.dll When this happens you need to copy OLEAUT32.dll back into your c:\windows\system folder.

OLE32AUT.dll is a system dll file that comes with windows98 or windows95. You can find it in the original windows95/98 disk. It is likely that this file came in a compressed format (it is ole32aut.dl_ instead of ole32aut.dll). You need to expand it then copy it into the windows\system directory.

The Cure:

How to Expand a compressed file

You need to expand a file when you want to copy just one or two files from distribution disks of a software application without having to reinstall the whole thing.

This situation occurs when you have unsuccessfully installed a program which causes one or two of your system files become corrupted.

The compressed files that comes in the distribution disks of your program are normally compressed. They have their original names with one character replaced with an underscore ("_"), like ole32aut.dl_ for oleaut32.dll

You can expand a compressed file into its original file using the EXPAND command in DOS window as follows:

open a dos window change to the directory where the compressed file is located type: EXPAND compressed-files-name target-directory\expanded-file-name
for example: the expanded name is OLEAUT32.DL_ and you want to expand it into OLEAUT32.DLL in c:\windows\system
you type: EXPAND oleaut32.dl_ c:\windows\system\oleaut32.dll