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This is rather long and refers to Win95..the fix mentioned earlier post.
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Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 02:15:28 -0400
Reply-To: Windows 95 Give-And-Take List <WIN95-L@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
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From: James Fadden <jspf@erols.com>
Subject: Re: GENERAL: Enable drag & drop
In-Reply-To: <378FFAA3.1F409B42@mindspring.com>
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At 11:38 PM 7/16/99 -0400, Chris Shaw wrote:
>I have lost my drag & drop feature. I can click & double-click, open
&
>close windows, open
>drop-down menus, everything a mouse normally does but drag & drop. I
>can't even drag files &
>folders in Windows Explorer either.
>
>Can someone tell me how to enable this feature back? I have
>uninstalled & reinstalled the mouse
>several times with no luck.
This is commonly caused by an incorrect or corrupted version of
ole32.dll and/or the related files olethk32.dll and compobj.dll.
Typically this results from installing an application that improperly
overwrites one of these files. Also, reinstalling Windows 95 without
first uninstalling IE4 can sometimes cause problems with these dlls:
There are at least four reasonable methods you can use to get back
the proper dlls. Here are your alternatives:
METHOD 1: Appy the DCOM update for Windows 95. This includes the
latest OLE files, as well as many other updates:
METHOD 2: Install the OLE update for Windows 95. This is an older
update than the DCOM update so the file versions may not be quite as
current, but it's a simpler fix since it only updates three files
instead of the 30 or so files in the DCOM update. You could try this
method first and then method 1 if it doesn't work.
wuservicepacks/w95ole32update/default.asp?site=95
METHOD 3: You could re-extract the original ole32l.dll and related
files from your Windows 95 CD. This will result in older file
versions than the other methods, but it may work if the other methods
are unsuccessful. Most likely you will need these three files:
ole32.dll from win95_09.cab
olethk32.dll from win95_10.cab
compobj.dll from win95_09.cab
As a last resort you could replace ALL the OLE files with the CD
files using the following bat file (suggesed by Walter Zachary):
FOR %%A IN (MINI PRECOPY WIN95_02) DO EXTRACT /Y /A /E /L
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM D:\WIN95\%%A.CAB OLE*.DLL
METHOD 4: Copy the three files mentioned above from another computer
with a current working installation of Windows 95.
James Fadden
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also this, I haven't looked at it so it may be a duplication of reghakr's post..
7.
REGEDIT4 ;Fixes no Drag-n-Drop problem. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{0000010e-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}] @="IDataObject" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{0000010e-0000-0000-C000-0
Monitor page: URL:
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also this post....? certainly worth a look but who knows?
Name: Dr. Vinny
Date: May 14, 2000 at 06:17:40
Subject: Can't drag n drop anymore..Why?
Reply:
you can try this as a last resort if someone else doesnt come up with an easier fix.. but you will need to go into your registry!go to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder
change Attributes to 47 01 00 20
please Make sure you BACK IT UP first!
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I have accumulated quite a bit more info but to keep this post within its already "unreasonable" limits will wait for your next response.
GL
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