French-Language Version of Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1 Incorrectly Includes Debug Version of Hlink.dll (298074)

SYMPTOMS

The French-language version of Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) incorrectly includes the debug version of Hlink.dll (packaged in Ie_1.cab):

Hlink.dll (French-language version of Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1)
File size: 192571
Version: 5.0.0.4513

This problem impacts the use of Microsoft Office programs such as Microsoft Excel, which may display the following assertion failure error message if you open an Excel spreadsheet by using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP):

Hlink Assert Assertion "0" failed MemLeak: Allocated at
c:\binder\hlink\hlmem.cpp Line 86 Alloc #20 File c:\binder\hlink\hlmem.cpp,
line 257 (A=exit; R=break; I=continue) Abort Retry Ignore

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276369 How to Obtain the Latest Service Pack for Internet Explorer 5.5

The French-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time    Version      Size     File name   Platform
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
   16/05/2001   15:10   5.0.0.4513   81 978   Hlink.dll   Intel

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2.