that's what I finally did and it seems to work (and one more with a us in the file name). Just really really weird. I blame the prior DBA... :D On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > what happens if you make a copy of oraociei10 and rename it 11 > > (but this amp goes to eleven). > > > > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Steve Snyder <kwajalein@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> W2K3 R2/SP server, MPS4.0, local DS, using Oracle 10g client for client >> apps. Using filemon I see the app is looking for a file named >> oraociei11.dll, which doesn't exist. There is, however, a file named >> oraociei10.dll which makes sense since we have 10g installed and oracle >> typically puts the major version number in their file names. So why in the >> heck is this app looking for a version 11 file? I.e., where does the app get >> the info from regarding what files it should be launching? I've searched the >> registry - nothing. Next up, text search every file on the box. >> >> Needless to say, the app isn't getting connected to oracle. >> >> Any oracle God(desses)s here? >> >> thanks >> > >