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Re: No Connections
Emil Hallin wrote:
>
> Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
> > Setup uses techniques used by IE5, I suggest that you at least install and get
> > working IE5 before attempting the install. Or, download each package manually,
> > be cautious of the Netscape filename mangling and do a local install from
> > setup.exe.
>
> Setup works perfectly fine for me using Netscape Communicator v 4.7.3 as my
> default web browser. That version of Netscape, and at least one previous version,
> preserves file names fine as I use it. You don't *need* to use IE5 to have simple,
> safe and reliable use of setup.exe in my experience.
> emil
Right. You do not need to *USE* IE5 for setup.exe to work. You just need
to have IE5 *INSTALLED* so that the dll's (which implement the routines
that are accessed by setup.exe and are a part of IE5) are on your
machine.
--Chuck
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