DOCUMENT:Q123087 21-DEC-2001 [win3x] TITLE :OLE Version 2.03 PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product PROD/VER::3.1,3.11 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbfile win31 kbgraphxlinkcritical ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 - Microsoft Windows for Workgroups ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 1. Download the WW1116.EXE file from the Microsoft Download Center to an empty folder. 2. Double-click the WW1116.EXE file you downloaded in step 1. 3. On the Program Manager File menu, click Run. In the Command Line box, type the following line and then press ENTER notepad :\license.txt where 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 4. On the Notepad Edit menu, click Word Wrap. Review the licensing agreement, and then quit Notepad. 5. On the Program Manager File menu, click Run. In the Command Line box, type the following line and then press ENTER :\setup where 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 6. 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: DownloadDownload Ww1116.exe now (http://download.microsoft.com/download/win31/Update/2.03/WIN/EN-US/ww1116.exe) For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted, the file is housed on secure servers that 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 -- Additional query words: 3.10 3.11 ====================================================================== Keywords : kbfile win31 kbgraphxlinkcritical Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbWFWSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin310 kbWin311 Version : :3.1,3.11 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. 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