# Bizarre sudden problem with WIN32OLE - could not find specif

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bizarre-sudden-problem-with-win32ole-could-not-find-specif/78712>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 8, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bizarre-sudden-problem-with-win32ole-could-not-find-specif/78712 "2006-03-08T22:00:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![russianbandit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@russianbandit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/russianbandit)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bizarre-sudden-problem-with-win32ole-could-not-find-specif/78712/1 "2006-03-08T22:00:16Z")

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Hi Folks,

I’ve been using win32ole alot for talking to Excel.

I’ve just come back to programming with win32ole after a lull of a  
month to find that when I try creating an instance of excel I get this  
error message :

“d:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-mswin32/win32OLE.so: 127: The specified  
procedure coul  
d not be found. - Init\_win32OLE (LoadError)”

I’ve tried re-installing 1.8.2 (r15) without luck.

This is particularly strange since I don’t muck about with my ruby  
install as I don;t want to break anything.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks,

Greg

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**Author:** ![russianbandit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@russianbandit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/russianbandit)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2006, 10:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bizarre-sudden-problem-with-win32ole-could-not-find-specif/78712/2 "2006-03-08T22:15:26Z")

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ok, I;ve found the solution!

The string in the “require” clause is case sensitive.