DOCUMENT:Q194754 28-JAN-2001 [vbwin] TITLE :PRB: SETUP.EXE File Linked to Missing Export OLEAUT32.DLL:185 PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows PROD/VER::6.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbwizard kbAppSetup kbVBp600 kbOSWin95 kbOSWin98 kbGrpDSVB kbOSWinME ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 - Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When running a setup program that was created using the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW), you receive the following error message: The SETUP.EXE file is linked to missing export OLEAUT32.DLL:185. When you click OK, you receive the following error message, where is the location of Setup.exe: \Setup.exe A device attached to the system is not functioning. CAUSE ===== Setup packages built with the Package and Deployment Wizard will not run on the original version of Windows 95 due to lack of support for an API function in the file Oleaut32.dll, version 2.1. The failure does not occur on later versions of Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, or any versions of Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000. Further, this failure does not occur if another program installation, such as installation programs for Microsoft Office 97, Internet Explorer 3.0, or Internet Explorer 4.0, has updated Oleaut32.dll to a newer version. RESOLUTION ========== To resolve the problem, the latest Automation files must be installed onto the client machine before SETUP.EXE can run successfully. The latest Automation files may be installed by using VBRUN60.EXE. VBRUN60.EXE installs the Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 run-time library (MSVBVM60.EXE) and updates required Automation files used by Visual Basic 6.0 applications (including OLEAUT32.DLL). After VBRUN60.EXE is run successfully, the SETUP.EXE program may be run to install your Visual Basic application successfully. VBRUN60.EXE may be located on your Visual Basic 6.0 installation CD-ROM or it may be downloaded from the Microsoft Web Site. REFERENCES ========== For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q192461 FILE: VBRUN60.EXE Installs Visual Basic 6.0 Run-Time Files Q190046 INFO: VB6 Readme: Part 6 Wizard Issues Q158238 HOWTO: Determine the Version of Windows 95/98/Me in Use Additional query words: ====================================================================== Keywords : kbwizard kbAppSetup kbVBp600 kbOSWin95 kbOSWin98 kbGrpDSVB kbOSWinME Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVBA600 kbVB600 Version : :6.0 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.