what is?

[trina]

after putting in any cd in the drive and running it I get an error stating that the prog has changed "DDEML.dll" and windows may not run correctly. What is a ddeml.dll?
Thanx

[ShadowKing]

DDE is Dynamic Data Exchange, Which is the Core of OLE.

Is this a specific CD?
Does it happen with a music cd?
Do you have any CDs that it doesn't do it with?

You could try restoring the original file from the windows CD Rom...

[trina]

thanx for the quick reply. It seems to show up when i try to run an older kids game prog. Would the addition of a cdr cause this? It started after the cdr installation. can this file be renamed or moved or deleted?

[Sabin]

DDEML.DLL is the Dynamic Data Exchange Management Library. It is a Windows system file and should not be renamed or deleted.

You can try to extract a fresh copy of the file from Windows 98 Setup CD. Please refer to the following article for more information:

Err Msg: The Following System Files Have Been Replaced with...
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q183/4/79.asp" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q183/4/79.asp</a>

[trina]

thanx to all. The MS Knowledge base site did the trick