Major install bug, Win98SE

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[Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:37 PM]

We use a lot of shared .dll files between applications. I've just
tested my install on Win98SE and forgot I had one of our other
applications running. SB5 correctly told me I must restart my computer
at the end of the install as it needs to over-write a used .DLL.

So far so good, but pressing OK did not restart the machine.

Not a major issue in itself, but having restarted the computer manually,
it did not replace the in-use file! The old one is still there.

This is with 1055.
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Simon Craythorn
InterVations, Inc

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[Thursday, February 24, 2005 8:06 AM]

Simon,

Is this a "long file name" .dll?

Thanks,
Friedrich

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Friedrich Linder
www.lindersoft.com
Fax: 1.954.252.3910

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[Thursday, February 24, 2005 5:56 PM]

friedrich linder wrote:
> Simon,
>
> Is this a "long file name" .dll?

No. All our DLL's are iv32????.dll where ? are all digits. eg
iv320001.dll, iv320002.dll etc.
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Simon Craythorn
InterVations, Inc

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[Thursday, February 24, 2005 5:56 PM]

friedrich linder wrote:

> Simon,
>
> Is this a "long file name" .dll?


However the install path will be long

\program files\common files\intervations

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Simon Craythorn
InterVations, Inc

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[Thursday, February 24, 2005 5:59 PM]

Simon,

Thank you! The Windows 9x in-use replacement mechanism does not support
long file names. Perhaps there is a problem with the long name to short
name conversion process. Item in review.

Thanks,
Friedrich

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Friedrich Linder
www.lindersoft.com
Fax: 1.954.252.3910