west117wolf Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 I gave my windows 98 computer to my Sister. When I tried to install the Sidewinder Precision2 joystick I get a message to place the Windows98 source disk into the drive to retrieve the following file: D:/Progra~1 Common~\aol\acs\netwving98SE\hidclass.sys. I then get the following error message:"hidclass.sys on windows98 second edition cd-rom cannot be found.Question: How do I get this file??Thanks.West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Search for BASE5.CAB on your hard drive. The hidclass.sys file is contained within it.04-23-1999 10:22:00p A--- 23,520 hidclass.sys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles__ Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 You might try it this way/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323921/en-us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGx Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 (edited) The location of hidclass.sys in C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\whatever... is only for AOL client installation backup purposes.The file must be located in %windir%\system32\drivers [where %windir% is usually C:\windows].That is the only way Win98/ME OS will recognize and use hidclass.sys.To extract the file to proper location [example using D as CD/DVD drive = change if different on your computer] use a batch file like this:@ECHO OFFEXTRACT/Y D:\WIN98\BASE5.CAB /L %windir%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS HIDCLASS.SYSEXITThe one from C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\whatever... can be safely deleted, will not affect the way the OS works.HTH Edited May 20, 2006 by MDGx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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