I just recently installed a fresh copy of Windows 98SE on my computer and I'm having a problem with RP 9.7.2. For some reason the icons are not showing correctly in the RPConfig window:

I can change the Windows skins but I can not do anything to the System icon set.

I should note that after I installed Windows I right away removed Internet Explorer off the computer, then I installed the following before I loaded RP:

~ Patches & files (listed in the attachment)

~ Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 run-time

~ kernelex 4.5.1 (set disabled by default)

~ directx-90c_dec2006.

I know that this program recommends IE6, but I really don't want to install that browser. Is there anyway around this problem?

98install_list.txt

Edited June 6, 201115 yr by starport3

It's because you removed IE I guess. Perhaps you can fix it if you get shlwapi.dll from IE6 and register it in your system with regsvr32.

After trial & error, I could not get RP9 to work without installing IE6 first.

After installing IE6 I found out that I don't need to keep the browser in order to use RP9, however I have to remove IE first before installing RP.

I did try to manually install the IE6 Update off this page (http://rp9.win98.nl/), but that ended up leaving Windows unusable...

Edited June 8, 201115 yr by starport3

Those updates are for WIndows 98 FIRST Edition, as mentioned towards the top of the page. You have Windows 98 SECOND Edition.