Friday, October 14, 2011

Error: The ordinal 2821 could not be located in the dynamic link library LIBEAY32.dll or SSLEAY32.dll


Error Message

During the installation or launching of any application, such as ArcGIS product, Microsoft Office, PostgreSQL, etc., an error message similar to the following may appear:

"The ordinal 2821 could not be located in the dynamic link library LIBEAY32.dll."

Another variation of this error message is as follows:

"The ordinal 284 could not be located in the dynamic link library SSLEAY32.dll."

 The actual number returned after 'ordinal' may vary.

Cause

This problem is caused by an incompatibility with the currently installed OpenSSL DLLs.

Solution or Workaround

Installing the latest version of the OpenSSL DLLs typically resolves this problem.

Download and install the latest version of Win32 OpenSSL from the corresponding link located in the Related Information section.

Related Information

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