If you receive one or more of these error messages when you attempt to open Microsoft Office applications then you have the incorrect version of oleaut32.dll installed on your system.
There was a problem starting the Office Assistant. Would you like to try reinstalling it?
The file ‘OLEAUT32.DLL’ is out of date. This program requires a newer version.
Microsoft Excel requires file OLEAUT32.DLL to run. The version of OLEAUT32.DLL that is on your computer is older than the one required by this version of Microsoft Excel.
Please run Setup again, and select the Reinstall option to install the correct version of the file.
The required file OUTLRPC.dll cannot be found in your path, please reinstall Microsoft Outlook.
The AGENTSVR.EXE file is linked to missing export OLEAUT32.DLL:277.
Microsoft FrontPage is not installed properly on this system and cannot function. Please reinstall Microsoft FrontPage.
Click OK to exit.
To resolve this issue, you may attempt to use the Detect and Repair function, install the correct version of the oleaut32.dll file or, perhaps the easiest method, download the latest security pack from the Windows website. Security packs often contain fixes and updated versions of files such as oleaut32.dll, providing you with a means to remedy many of the problems that might surface on your computer. This is especially true of older problems or problems with older versions of applications.