"Cannot write xxxxxxxx.DLL" when installing Navigator
  Technical note:    10106
  Created:           06/05/95 by Topher
  Last modified:     07/24/95 by Brian
  Product:           Netscape Navigator
  Operating system:  Windows
If you´re getting a "Cannot write xxxxxxxx.DLL" error (where
"xxxxxxxx.DLL" can be "COMPOBJ.DLL", "CTL3D.DLL", or any other .DLL
file) from Windows when you try to install the Netscape Navigator,
then this usually means that there is already a file of the same name
already in use by Windows, and you must move or remove that file
before you can install the Navigator properly.

The most common reason that such files would be in use is that you
have other prorams running in Windows that are using the files.  Make
sure that you close all of your Windows applications (including the
"Microsoft Office Toolbar" if it's present on your screen) before you
install the Navigator.

If you´ve quit all of your applications but you´re still not able to
install the Navigator, then try quitting out of Windows, and (from
DOS) finding and renaming the files that the installation was
complaining about.  For example, try renaming "COMPOBJ.DLL" to
"COMPOBJ.OLD".  Then restart Windows and try installing the Navigator
again.

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