Read Me First
The OLE32 Update was released after the OLE32 Update included in the Microsoft® Windows® 95 Service Pack 1. It improves the Windows 95 OLE2 in the areas of document integrity and privacy, consistent behavior with respect to local and network file systems, and system stability when using 16-bit applications using ODBC. Specifically, it resolves these issues:

• When running multiple 16-bit ODBC applications concurrently, shutting down the applications in a certain order may cause Windows 95 to crash. The OLE32 Update resolves this issue, and allows successful concurrent operation of multiple 16-bit ODBC applications.
• If links are established between OLE objects within a given directory structure on a network drive, then moved to a different drive with the same directory structure, the links are not maintained. If this same operation is performed on a local drive, the links are maintained. This update allows links to be maintained between OLE objects that are moved between network drives with identical data structures.
• Certain OLE applications, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint® for Windows 95, version 7.0, store information in compound documents so that extraneous information left in unused areas of a hard drive may occasionally be found in unused regions of their document files. This information, while not accessible through normal means, may potentially compromise privacy. This update prevents extraneous deleted files data left on the hard disk from being stored in unused regions of OLE documents.

Users who run multiple 16-bit applications which use ODBC for data access, or who distribute electronic versions of their documents and are concerned with privacy, should install this update, or have OLE-linked files on a networked drive.

This is an update to a new component that has been released since the Windows 95 Service Pack 1 (Sept. 10, 1996).

NOTE: This download is not intended for use on computers running Microsoft Windows 95 B or C, or Microsoft Windows 98. To determine if you are running Windows 95 B or later, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, then double-click System. If the version number reported is 4.00.950 B or later, do not install this update. Your system already contains the appropriate fix.

System Requirements
Microsoft Windows 95

How to Download

1. Create a folder by right-clicking on the desktop, click New, and then click Folder. Type a name for the folder and press enter.
2. Click the Download Now button at the top or bottom of this page. In the File download dialog box that appears on your screen, click Save Program to Disk.
3. Choose to save the file in the folder you just created, then click Save.
4. Open that folder and double-click oleupd.exe to install the program files. Be sure to read the "Read-Me" files for additional information.

How to Use
You don't need to do anything after downloading.

Related Information

Windows 95 Service Pack 1

The Microsoft Windows 95 Service Pack 1 includes an update, system administration tools, additional components, and drivers for Windows 95. More detailed information about each of the fixes is included in the Service Pack Fixes document.