replacing a file that WIN is using

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (More info?)

There are many ways to do this, including a free utility, but the simplest
is probably just to boot to DOS and use DOS commands (the ability to boot to
DOS for this sort of task is, after all, the reason you're still using W95).

REN C:\Windows\System\COMCTL32.DLL COMCTL32.OLD
COPY C:\Downloads\COMCTL32.DLL C:\Windows\System
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"analee" <analee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:63457884-2EBB-495F-B426-DEE5114FD13B@microsoft.com...
> GRRRR HEEEEEEEEEEEELP! Or i will die and not before hammering my
> computer
> to death < I downloaded and am trying to replace COMCTL32.DLL, which
> is
> supposed to go into my system folder... but lo and behold, windows tells
> me
> it can't replace it because IT IS IN USE by windows... soooo, is there a
> way
> to make windows NOT use it so i can replace it? I would reallly
> appreciate a
> hand on this. Thanks... my email is analee73@hotmail.com (BTW i had one
> hell of a time finding this place because they changed it since the last
> time
> i was here LOL)