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Can't install/run Windows 98
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Can't install/run Windows 98
Friday, June 29, 2007 at 11:43 am
Posted by Jill
(2 messages posted)
I have a computer not hooked up to the internet and installed windows 98. It tells
me there is an "error in installing Explorer.exe to reinstall." I do that and still
come up with the same message. When I click ok on need to reinstall it gives me
a message that the required .DLL file, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMCTL32.DLL was not found.
I have tried editing the system files by reentering Shell=Explorer.exe and still
don't get anything different.
I have tried at the DOS Command line C: WIN98_74.cab /S and still get the same.
What do I need to do to fix this so windows 98 will run? Please help! Thanks Jill
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re: Can't install/run Windows 98
Friday, June 29, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Posted by gewg_
(4444 messages posted)
If you will tick the **preserve your spacing** box before posting,[1]
your submission will look like you intended, not like this:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1183142607
|I have tried at the DOS Command line C: WIN98_74.cab /S and still get the same.
| Jill
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I think I know what you were trying to do. What did *you* expect to happen?
(There is no *verb* in the command line you posted--among other problems.)
|[...]the required .DLL file, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMCTL32.DLL was not found.
|I have tried editing the system files by reentering Shell=Explorer.exe
|and still don't get anything different.
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It sounds like you are trying to install Windows
from within a broken installation of Windows.
Perhaps you could describe your technique more fully--starting from the beginning.
[1] **unless you really need it** means
"I am able to format HTML, I understand it is necessary, and I am willing to do that".
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re: Can't install/run Windows 98
Friday, June 29, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Posted by Jill
(2 messages posted)
The computer I am trying to get Windows 98 to run on actually ran before I let my
niece use it for awhile.
When I got it back it wouldn't run Windows 98 at all, don't know what she did. So
I tried reinstalling Windows 98 and it tells me there was an error loading explorer.exe
and to reinstall Windows 98, so I click ok. Then a dialog box says that the .dll
file c:\windows\system\comctl32.dll can not be found.
I have tried reinstalling Windows 98 again and continue to get the same dialog boxes.
What can I do to fix this so the explorer.exe and the comctl32.dll file are there
so Windows 98 will run?
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re: Can't install/run Windows 98
Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Posted by Steve
(23810 messages posted)
Probably need to wipe the Drive clean with a Boot Floppy, and do a Clean Install.
Lots of Web site have detailed Instructions, easy to find with Google.
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