I believe the problem is with Comctl32.dll. I have the upgrade cd (98 to 98se) but not the original 98 cd. The comctl32.dll is on the cd at WIN98_27.Cab but I can't figure out how to extract it to C:\windows\system using just the DOS commands. The start panel is not available so I have to do it from the startup floppy. The articles that you directed me to have not helped me. When I run fdisk/status I see drive C and D. D is partitioned and has the original 98 operating files on it. They are all compressed. I can't get those files to open with the extract command. I can get the files extracted from F
my cd rom drive). One article tells me to type in the drive letter of the cd (F
then press enter. That changes the prompt from A:\> to F:\> Then I am instructed to type "extract /a /y /e /l c:\windows\system base4.cab shdocvw.dll Mshtml.dll Comctl32.dll Shlwapi.dll Schell32.dll. I did this and the files were duly extracted from the cd but then The prompt is still there F:\. The article then tells me to type "extract /a /y /e /l c:\windows base4.cab explorer.exe" which I did but got the bad command response. So I tried "extract /a /y /e /l c:\windows\system base4.cab explorer.exe" which produced the message extracting explorer.exe from Win98_45.CAB which was on the cd. After that the prompt was returned to F:\>. The article than says to restart the computer. I did and instead of getting the page fault message I get Can't find Comctl32.dll. something happened but I still can't get to the start panel.
