chromatic47 Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 If anyone using 98lite with the Sleek or Micro shell can help me with this, it's drivin me nuts. The problem is that certain apps are "stealing" file menu functions from certain other apps. As an example, I run Photoshop 5. The file menu works fine; clicking File > Open produces the file open dialog box.But, if I then run another app, say Photofiltre or Cacheman, suddenly the file open/save commands in Photoshop cease to function. I can click the menu items but no dialog box appears.This happens in reverse also. If Photofiltre is opened first, and then Photoshop, Photoshop will steal the file menu functions from Photofiltre. This only happens with certain apps. Photoshop gets along just fine with, for example, Paint Shop Pro or Metapad. But if all 3 of these are open, and I run Cacheman, presto -- none of them have access to file commands anymore, except Cacheman. Well hopefully this description makes sense. My workaround so far has been to put the Win98 comdlg32.dll and shell32.dll in Photofiltre's folder, but I don't want to do that for every app that causes the problem, if I can avoid it.Any help much appreciatedThanksLeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 (edited) this is why I HATE using 98lite with either Sleek or Micro config shells.remove 98lite and put back the normal 98 shellusing the 95-like shell in win98 can break some programs Edited July 16, 2007 by erpdude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromatic47 Posted July 17, 2007 Author Share Posted July 17, 2007 Actually all of my programs run just fine under the Micro shell.The menu problem turned out to be a minor inconvenience, and easily avoided, compared to the slower performanceof the normal 98 shell on my P4 machine. I've tried all theshell variations, and there's no doubt, the win95 shells aresimply faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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