>>>>>>>Norm,
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>>>>>>>The functionality requires that the Active Desktop and Shell32.dll 4.71 or later be installed. Getting it installed is not a simple matter, as it was installed on the appropriate platforms by IE 4.01, but not by later versions.
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>>>>>>>Anna Clements and I discussed this a month or so ago, and she finally got it installed. The posts were in this section of the forum (Win32). You might do a search of her posts, because she came up with the answer. You might also want to look at my VFUG article (last July) on the Shell.Application. It discusses some of these issues as well.
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>>>>>>Looks like the problem is the SHELL32.DLL, however the user says the only browser they have is IE5. Is there any place that I can download a old copy of IE4? I've found service packs and other updates, but not a full install that would include the Active Desktop.
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>>>>>If you're an MSDN Universal subscriber, it should be on the IE disk. If not, I don't have any information as to where you can download it. Maybe someone else will jump in with this information.
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>>>>>I do have a KB article reference that will be of interest if you do find it (IE 4.01, that is). See Q243678.
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>>>>I found two ie4setup.exe files. One says it's SR1 and one that says its SR2. Both of these files are about 433K, is this an update to be applied to an existing IE4 installation, or will this do what I need?
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>>>Sounds like it. The MSDN version is 435K for SP2, plus a ton of cab files.
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>>The setup I found does not have any cab files. Would I need the cab files? I don't want to make a recommendation to my user that's going to foul his system!
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>I don't think that's it then. Try MS KB article Q170993. It appears to have a link, but it may be to a newer version of IE.

It's the correct file! I have one Windows95 system and I uninstalled IE4. No more active desktop. My Shell.Application fails. I ran the IE4SETUP that I downloaded form tucows, and I told it to install the browser only. It then asked for the country I was located, and it's now downloading about 12Meg of stuff! Now I remember a couple of years ago, when I loaded the update for IE4 on this system it did the same thing!

I'm sure this will "fix" my problems, THANKS for your help!!!!