PLEASE HELP WITH SIMPLE STUPID WINDOZE PROBLEM

[Taxi Driver]

Ok, I am having a stupid simple problem with Windows, and being a Mac user (running Windows in emulation) I don't know how to fix it.

All I want to do is use the FIME editor. In order to do this you need to copy the file Oleaut32.dll to Windows/System.

My problem is this: the file already exists in my Windows/System directory, but it is outdated and FIME can't be run with it. However Windows will not let me replace the old file with the new one because 'it is in use'. I cannot delete, move, or replace the file with the new one. HOW CAN I DO THIS?? (Deleting in DOS doesn't work.)

 

[Roshambo]

>
>Ok, I am having a stupid
>simple problem with Windows, and
>being a Mac user (running
>Windows in emulation) I don't
>know how to fix it.
>
>
>All I want to do is
>use the FIME editor. In
>order to do this you
>need to copy the file
>Oleaut32.dll to Windows/System.
>
>My problem is this: the file
>already exists in my Windows/System
>directory, but it is outdated
>and FIME can't be run
>with it. However Windows will
>not let me replace the
>old file with the new
>one because 'it is in
>use'. I cannot delete, move,
>or replace the file with
>the new one. HOW CAN
>I DO THIS?? (Deleting in
>DOS doesn't work.)



File replacement or patching for Windows system files:

Go into FULL DOS mode. Not DOS window. Here is the command line you would use if the file is in the base C directory:

copy oleaut32.dll C:\windows\system\oleaut32.dll

Make sure the command prompt is just C:\> when you type this. Cd.. if you have to, because I think that when you restart in DOS mode, it will put you in C:\Windows\>

 

[Guest]

The same happened for me. so i downloaded it on
http://www.uforesources.com/ . and it replaced it automatically.