Windows98 load, except cabs files are 95

The CABS files are used only when you change something, such as installing or removing a protocol or windows component. What WILL cause conflicts is trying to make a change to Win98 using the Win95 cabs, although Win98 looks for its own CAB's, so itwill probably just not find the 95 versions.

If you updated a windows 95 machine to windows 98, and you have the CD you used for the upgrade, you can do the following:

- delete everything in c:\windows\options\cabs
- copy the entire contents of the win98 folder from the CD into c:\windows\options\cabs

Don't worry, the cab files are used only when you add or remove hardware, Windows is not using them all the time.
Most of the time the cab files are located in \Windows\Options\Cabs, you can build another folder like Old.cab and move all the Windows 95 cab files into it and copy the new Windows 98 cabs files into \Windows\options\cabs.
It will work that way.
Don't worry, you won't harm your pc if you remove your cab files.
Good luck and Merry Christmas

@lberto
alberto@pancarib.com

delete the old
copy in the new
No Sweat

Good Luck Lee

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