"file is linked to missing export" (was: ...New Training Software)
Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 2:24 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
Irvin Snyder wrote:
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|The TB9OUTL.DLL file is linked to missing export SHELL32.DLL:SHGetFolderPathA
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|Reinstalled Shell32.dll from Win89SE CD
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We ASSuME you've done all the updates available.
After that, the news is NOT good.
From the Usenet Archive -- microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion
Ron Martell, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Glen Ventura, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
|They admitted that they never tested this software on Windows 98SE
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Where I come from, we call this "buying a pig in a poke".
In this forum for a 10 year old OS,
we constantly say "Read the side of the box BEFORE giving them your money".
|but saw no reason why it still wouldn't work.
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What else would they say--"We've already got your money. Screw you."?
|They've since abandoned me.
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...and you're surprized.
For the record, what is the name of this wonderous company
and what is their product called?
Your amazing vendor is a prime example
of the outdated paradigm of paying up front for shrink-wrapped software
and getting zero SUPPORT when the chips are down.
That's the antithesis of the software business model for the 21st Century.
Closed-source payware gives me a rash these days.
This all reminds me of the way Vienna bungled their Linux rollout:
cache of
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/04/0043239&from=rss#23650207
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