LoneCrusader

This does indeed make (most of) the Chevrons reappear, however they are now like the ones in Windows XP Classic View rather than the original 98 style. This is much better than no Chevrons at all though. I can't believe I didn't discover that option when I tried it before... Thanks Drugwash

What do you mean with 'the original taskbar behaviour' ? Could you elaborate, plz? I installed RP9 on a test VM so I could take these screenshots. Here is the default Taskbar: Here is the RP9 Taskbar: HOWEVER when I Uninstalled RP9 on the test VM, the Taskbar reverted back to the original state, so I am baffled at jds's problem. I prefer the original Taskbar look, but apparently there's no way to have it with RP9 installed. I did verify the version of COMCTL32.DLL as suggested by Drugwash, mine matches his.

Unfortunately no Thanks Since we're on the subject of registry & shell "extensions" so to speak, does anyone know how to get EXPLORER to display the "Created" and "Accessed" file attributes along with "Modified" in Detail view?

This is not exactly what you're wanting, and may or may not work for the files you're working on... but I thought I would mention it. You can add a shortcut to the program you want to use in the Windows\SendTo folder, and then right-click on your file and choose "Send To" and click on the shortcut for the program. I always add a shortcut to Notepad in my SendTo folder for editing batch files or various other file types.

I'm glad someone brought this up. I like having the taskbar dividers, etc like they're supposed to be originally. This is my main gripe with RP and the main reason I don't use it. I don't want to change the look of my 98 system, but I know dencorso and others recommend installing it to improve resource management.

Huh? RLoew's PATCHMEM As long as you can make your payment from a bank account and not from a Credit or Debit Card there should be no problem.

No, Auto Insert Notification is checked in the Device Manager for that drive. I didn't think to check at that moment, so I will have to attempt to reproduce the error again. If I remember correctly from previous experience, the first instance of the drive does not function.

Really? I hate to argue about this but I never cease to be amazed at how many people complain about spending $21 bucks. It costs more than that to buy one meal for two at a sit-down restaurant, more than that to buy one tank of gas, more than that to buy one month of prepaid cell phone service... and the list goes on.

Well, I finally have a bit of documentary evidence to contribute to the Duplicate Drives issue. Today, while formatting & reinstalling 98SE on a system, I managed to get a screenshot of duplicated CD drives in EXPLORER. I had mentioned earlier that the issue only occurs when loading and unloading discs - I was wrong or I didn't remember correctly before. This time it occurred while I was installing Office 2000. I had opened EXPLORER and launched the Office SETUP from inside, and left it open while the install was taking place. When the installer finished, I got this screenshot: (image size reduced for the forum) I was using my own modified version of EXPLORER.EXE (v. 4.72.3612.1700 Sat Jan 30 1999 00:00:13) with one byte changed for the 256-Color Tray Icons patch and some icons updated (not the Recycle Bin ones that I hate ).

@dencorso I split my last post in the other thread and moved the content that was relevant to this thread to my first post here. It has Prozactive's original related post quoted, but we don't have the original post. This can be removed once everything is arranged.

Yes and along with the ones listed I already had my own modded version as well. If we're going to "standardize" this there should be two versions - one with "functionality" fixes only and one with "functionality + eye candy" for those who want it.

Checked back, and: The version of EXPLORER.EXE that is installed by NUSB is the EARLIER (January) timestamped 4.72.3612.1700 with ONE BYTE changed for the 256 Color Tray patch. The version number is not updated. Thanks But I thought only one byte needed to be changed for the 256 Color Patch? I had previously experimented some with this when I was digging into the NUSB business, but I didn't attempt to patch the later EXPLORER version at that time.

No. I don't have that one installed on any of my machines. I've considered adding some of those files to my slipstream, but haven't had time to make any progress on that for a while now. Yes, I remember reading that. And I also would like to know what was changed, because I wouldn't use it unless I knew. And I, for one, do not want my Icons updated. Then, by using PEDUMP as described above, getver and dir I compiled this table for the patched versions 1700 and 1710: explorer.exe v. 4.72.3612.1710 size 171.280 PE Timestamp Mon Feb 08 1999 21:04:25 explorer.exe v. 4.72.3612.1700 size 171.280 PE Timestamp Sat Jan 30 1999 00:00:13 Now, you can get IE4SHL95.CAB from three different sources, AFAIK: IE55SP2, IE55SP1 and IE401SP2. From each you can extract a version of explorer.exe, but you'll find that those from IE55SP2 and IE55SP1 are identical, according to fc /b. So this leaves us with just two different versions, which analysis is the following: explorer.exe v. 4.72.3612.1700 size 171.280 PE Timestamp Mon Feb 08 1999 21:04:25 from IE401SP2 explorer.exe v. 4.72.3612.1700 size 171.280 PE Timestamp Sat Jan 30 1999 00:00:13 from IE55SP1/2 So far, these are the hard facts. Below is the explanation I concocted that, IMHO, satisfies all known facts. I believe that explorer.exe from IE401SP2, originally versioned as 4.72.3612.1700 *IS* the unmodded original from which modded explorer.exe v. 4.72.3612.1710 was created, by adding the 256 colors patch and updating some of the icons. Its version was changed to reflect the fact that its compilation date is *newer* than that of the explorer.exe found in IE55SP1/2. A quick and dirty comparison of the relevant files using first eXeScope and then WinHex seems to support my conclusions. So, AFAIK, you already have the file you are looking for. But this is just my opinion... My forensics, at the time, were more thorough than what I implied in the above quote. By now I'm positive the above is the right interpretation of the facts. While this is getting off-topic, I'm glad this came up. A few months ago when I was working on my slipstreaming projects I did some digging around for information on this. My reason was that I had discovered the later-timestamped EXPLORER.EXE inside IE4SHL95.CAB from IE 4.01 SP2. I remember doing an FC ... /B comparison of it versus the earlier-timestamped version. There were many, many differences. I believe MOST of the unofficial updates running around, including NUSB, are still using the earlier-timestamped version. I'll have to do some checking over my notes and see what I found then.

I have seen this before. However, it is an intermittent problem that I cannot reproduce consistently. It only happens when a CD/DVD is loaded, and sometimes ejecting a disc that's already loaded and reloading it will cause this to occur, sometimes not. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes. That version gets installed by NUSB, which has become "standard equipment" for all of my machines. Actually I think the last "official" version was 4.72.3612.1700 but the 1710 version includes the 256 Color Tray Icons fix... I think there was some discussion of this elsewhere... EDITED 12-22-11 - Reason For Edit: Attempt to correct continuity of split threads.

No problem. I was a bit miffed when I first read it, but after the confusion it just seems rather funny

Yep.. Sorry if I wasn't clear. I thought it was obvious since I quoted the 95-related content beforehand.

It appears to work for both of the Hotfix files as well. Thanks! @dencorso I believe a slight change to this thread's title may now be in order EDITED 12-22-11 - Reason For Edit: Attempt to correct continuity of split threads

For completeness sake, is it possible to get these bugfixes applied to the Windows 95 IO.SYS from Q185301 KB Article HotFix? (I believe that's the last official version for 95, but I'm not at my usual "project machine" so I can't check right now.)

rloew's patches can be found here: R. Loew Electronics Consulting

Same here on all 3 counts!

Agreed, I did not mean that you shouldn't be able to have that feature if you want it. My point was that it must not be possible or "easy" given the fact that it has not already been added to the Revolutions Pack. Taskbar grouping in XP and up can simply be turned off in the taskbar properties, this along with setting ALL of the interface back to "Classic" style is the first thing I do when I sit down at an XP & up machine.

Taskbar grouping has to be one of the top 5 things I HATE most about Windows XP and up I would have thought something like this would have already been included in the Revolutions Pack if it is possible to do so...

Right here Maximus-Decim Native USB Drivers Be sure you get the latest version, 3.5 here. MDGx has not put the latest version on his site yet.

a bit too apodictical for my tastes . I actually spent a fair amount of time researching it myself a while back. I didn't turn up any of these other solutions then; I guess my "Google-fu" isn't as good as yours However, I was taking the approach that I wanted the wheel to be supported by a clean installation, out of the box, by the default driver.. as in 98; so I didn't look into the possibility of using a generic 3rd party driver. I tried using downversioned VXD's from 98 along with the INF file from 98 to no avail. AFAICR at the moment, IntelliPoint loads different VXD's along with a file named MSWHEEL.DLL when installed in 95. Trying to manually install & register these files was unsuccessful. Even after IntelliPoint is installed, if one stops it's process from running in the background, the wheel stops working. Hmmm... Well, I can't speak for this odd mouse you have, but I know IntelliPoint works perfectly for standard wheel mice. Does this mouse along with it's wheel/button/"slide" or whatever it is work out of the box in 98 WITHOUT installing its specific driver?

Yes. I posted that when I was in a hurry I'm glad this subject has come up however, and that you all seem to be finding other solutions besides IntelliPoint. I have been trying unsuccessfully to figure out how to "slipstream" Wheel Mouse support into my 95 project. I tried downversioned 98 files to no avail, and I tried to "rip" what I needed out of IntelliPoint but that doesn't work either. Maybe one of these other approaches could be used.