INFO: Setup Cannot Continue...System Files Are Out of Date

Last reviewed: September 26, 1997
Article ID: Q174135

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0

SUMMARY

Executing a Setup.exe program created by the Visual Basic 5.0 Application Setup Wizard on a client machine may cause the following message:

   "Setup cannot continue because some system files are out of

date on your

   system. Click OK if you would like setup to update these files

now. You

   will need to restart Windows before you can run setup again.

Click

   Cancel to exit setup without updating system files".

Choosing Ok causes the application to install the correct file; selecting Cancel stops the operation. The setup process will not complete successfully until the correct file has been installed on the system.

MORE INFORMATION

The above message occurs when the version of Oleaut32.dll on the client machine is older than version 2.20.0000. Certain files critical to the installation process of Visual Basic 5.0 applications require Oleaut32.dll version 2.20.0000 or later.

By selecting OK to the above message, Setup.exe will install a newer version of Oleaut32.dll that is compatible with the installation program. In order for this file to be updated to the correct version, the operating system must be restarted. Therefore, after the correct file is installed, the user will be prompted to restart the computer. The application setup process cannot continue until the machine is restarted. After the machine is rebooted, re-run the application Setup.exe program.

If you choose Cancel, the Setup.exe program will terminate. The application setup will not complete until version 2.20.0000 or later of Oleaut32.dll is installed on the system.

NOTE: This process also resolves the issue documented in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q162518
   TITLE     : PRB: "Unexpected error; quitting" Installing VB4

Application procedures)

Keywords          : vb5all
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: September 26, 1997
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