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IE5 - Download Only install option issue

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by rich m 1 view

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I am attempting to install Internet Explorer 5.5 from a CD onto a Windows 95 machine and cannot get past the 'Download Only' option. Microsoft acknowledges the bug (Q195853), but offered no solution. Is there a workaround without having to establish a dial up connection?

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by thechas

First, verify that you have a W95 compatable version of IE 5.5.

Second, perform a custom install to assure that there are not any components that are not on the CD. The IE installer will not continue if it determines that there are missing filesfor selected components. De-select components as needed. (Media player may be a problem)

Create a folder for the IE files on the target drive, and copy them from the CD. IE setup needs to run from the folder with the files.

I haven't had a problem, but I am using a CD that I created from my own download of IE 5.5 for W9X.

by rich m

I tried another version of IE5.5 that had worked previously with W95 - that seemed to do the trick.
Thanks.

by mphoffar

I'd first look for a ie5setup.exe on the CD and just run it from there. This sounds like you're running one version of setup with another version of cabs or there's a corrupted cab file file that setup can't open and it's trying to reload from one of the microsoft download sites.

Mark

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