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MetalMan88
Posts: 103/232 |
Yup... and I checked it. It manages to create most of the values it wants; I don't know what it needs. (Using the Regedit I extracted out of one of the .cab files) Of course, I can extract everything myself, but I don't know where to put each bit to make IE4 functional. Anyone with a functioning 16-bit IE installation could tell me how it's set up... though it'd be an ominously long thing (Describing which files go where, etc) |
FreeDOS
Posts: 1313/1657 |
Actually, Windows 3.1 had a registry with all the features that the Win95 one did. Only thing was that almost nothing used it, and it didn't matter if everything in the registry was deleted. |
Cellar Dweller
Posts: 217/269 |
Windows 3.x had a registry, but it only stored information about file associations and OLE/COM classes. In Windows 3.x the only root key was HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and keys could have only one value. |
BMF98567
Posts: 742/1261 |
"AddReg= processing error" would seem to imply an error in processing the registry, which would make sense, considering Win3.x doesn't have one (not that I'm aware of).  |
FreeDOS
Posts: 1308/1657 |
Well, I highly doubt you can get the Win32 one to work, but the 16-bit IE5.0 should work... 
You can use Netscape 4.8 or something instead. |
MetalMan88
Posts: 101/232 |
I then tried IE 4.0, the 16 bit edition. Well, yet again, this error happened... in the exact same way. However, I am not out of hope. I can extract the .cab files on my own, and in tests earlier, I got the IExplore.exe out of the .cab it was in and ran it. It opened up all right, except (obviously) it was nothing more than a splash screen, a title bar that said 'Internet Explorer', and after adding a few DLLs which the readme said were copied into the system folder, the little bottom right corner adjustment thingy and a single line on the bottom. I shall give you a picture of the error itself; it includes some sort of stuff which appears to be mentioning exactly what is going wrong. The 32-bit version of IE 5.0 and the 16-bit version of IE 4.0 seemed to give the same error, so I have a feeling there's something wrong. And yes, I have removed and put in Wind16x.dll as the readme said, to prevent an unrelated installation error.
I tried to get a picture, but this problem must also have disabled the OLE server... if there's any way I could manually install it, I'm all ears.
It said for the error messages (both of them), "INF Install Failure. Reason: AddReg= processing error." and then "IE4SETUP caused a General Protection Fault in module IE4SETUP.EXE at 0002:290C." |
Ailure
Posts: 9049/11162 |
Not many people knows this but...
...there is a 16-bit version of IE5. You could try to find that and install it.
I'm not kidding, Microsoft released a 16-bit version for the old Windows 3.x... I even found it once and tested it. |
BMF98567
Posts: 739/1261 |
AFAIK, Win32s != Win9x. I highly doubt IE5 is going to work in the old, vastly different 3.11 environment, especially considering how it integrates itself into the OS. It probably expects things like long file name support and certain window-drawing routines that hadn't been implemented yet. |
HyperLamer
Posts: 4009/8210 |
Personally, I'd be amazed if you could run IE 5 on that.  |
neotransotaku
Posts: 2844/4016 |
GPF is a memory access error--which means the installation software is doing something that the Win32 stuff doesn't like (or vice versa). Unless the Win32 stuff or the installation software is updated, you are out of luck--unless you try to reverse engineering the installation software to fix the problem... |
MetalMan88
Posts: 100/232 |
Hello. This may sound absolutely nuts, but I'm trying to install Internet Explorer 5 on my Windows 3.11 computer. The computer has 8 MB of memory, 800 MB disk space (Two hard drives, each with ~30 MB free space), a 133 MHz processor, and a 1 MB video card. And it has TCP/IP 32-bit networking services and a 10 MB/S networking card connected properly to the network. I also have the Win 32s stuff properly installed, and the example 32-bit programs run fine.
However, whenever I try to install IE 5.0, it gives me a general protection fault, right after selecting which directory to put it in. How can I make it work and not get the General Protection Fault while trying to install? |
