OSWAWI95 - WINDOWS APPLICATIONS FAILING WITH WINDOWS 95--ALL OS/2
           RELEASES
04/18/96

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    Windows Applications Failing with Windows 95--All OS/2 Releases
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DESCRIPTION

On OS/2 systems that have Windows 95 installed, some Windows 
applications fail under WIN-OS/2, with the following error:

   This application requires a newer version of WIN-OS/2.

RESOLUTION

In some cases, Windows 95 dynamic link library (DLL) files get copied 
into the \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM directory. Most of these DLL files 
have names that are different from their WIN-OS/2 counterparts; 
however, the following have the same name in both versions, and are 
the cause of the error message:

OLE2.DLL                                                                   
   
OLE2CONV.DLL                                                               
   
OLE2DISP.DLL                                                                   
   OLE2NLS.DLL 
                                                                   
OLE2PROX.DLL                                                                   
   
OLECLI.DLL                                                                     
   OLESVR.DLL         
                                                            
COMPOBJ.DLL                                                                    
   STORAGE.DLL
   TYPELIB.DLL 

These DLLs need to be replaced by versions later than 7-11-95 (all 
Win95 DLLs are dated 7-11-95). This can be done by copying them from 
the \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM directory of another working system. If 
another system with these files is not available, reinstall the failing
application under WIN-OS/2. But first, remove all the above listed 
DLLs, because the application might not copy its OLE2 DLLs over the 
newer ones.

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