This is a REALLY BAD IDEA.

Post #83,566 by inthane-chan 2/23/03 7:14:19 PM Reply	This is a REALLY BAD IDEA. Win98 and XP use slightly different versions of certain binary files, especially Internet Explorer. Which is stored in c:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer Unless you hack the install disk, there is (almost) no way to move this to another directory - and you'll run into version differences, eventual crashes, problems, explosions, and just general Bad Stuff. Not that this is any different from the Usual Windows Experience, but I feel the need to warn ya in advance... "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989
Post #83,614 by orion 2/23/03 11:24:28 PM Reply	No problems so far I am using IE in 98 to post this. No problems yet. But I will make a note of it and when I reinstall IE in 98 I will install to a different directory. I hadn't thought about IE being different between the OSes. Would it be better to install XP to the D: drive instead? [link\|http://pub75.ezboard.com/bantiiwethey\| New and improved, Chicken Delvits!]
Post #83,636 by pwhysall 2/24/03 2:52:55 AM Reply	Re: No problems so far Would it be better to install XP to the D: drive instead? Yes. Then XP will put its Program Files directory on D: and both OSes will be much happier. The first time you run Windows Update on this baby from XP, you'll prolly kill 98. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #84,408 by orion 2/26/03 6:09:41 PM Reply	Thanks for the tip as soon as I get my DSL back I will reformat and then put 98 on C: and XP on D:, and not do any XP updates until then. Live and learn. [link\|http://pub75.ezboard.com/bantiiwethey\| New and improved, Chicken Delvits!]

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