Eugene,
> I have used IE5 and IE5.5 on both NT 4 and Win 2000. It never worked for
me.
> I remember it working with Windows 98.
The plugin definitely works for NT4 and Win2K under both IE5 & IE5.5. I'm
currently using IE5 and Win2K.
> By the way - I am trying the IE version but have Netscape and Mozilla
> installed. Could this be the problem?
I'm not sure whether Mozilla could be causing a problem but NS certainly
shouldn't. It's possible the Windows registry has got slightly confused so
try this:
1) Uninstall (all versions of) the plugin
2) Use REGEDIT to remove these key from your registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Internet
Explorer/Plugins/Extension/.pak
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Internet
Explorer/Plugins/MIME/application/x-dolphin-applet
If you're not familiar with REGEDIT take care since you can damage your
Windows installation if you delete the wrong stuff.
3) If you have both NS and IE on your machine then the best thing to do is
to install the Dolphin plugin to the Netscape plugins directory. This means
it will work with both browsers. If you choose to only install to the
Internet Explorer directory then it will only work with IE. First of all
find out where the browser is *actually* installed (i.e. don't just rely on
what the plugin installer tells you since it can be inaccurate).
For example, my Netscape 4.7 is in:
D:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program\Plugins\
This is the directory where the plugin should be installed. If you are just
installing for IE then it will be to a directory like:
D:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\
Once again you should make sure that this is the actual place where the IE
browser you are using is installed.
4) Download the latest plugin installer (4.01) for the browser you are
using. Actually there is no difference between the two plugins only the
install script is slightly different. Install the plugin to the directory
above. You need to be logged on with ADMINISTRATOR priviledges under NT or
as a POWER USER (or greater) under Win2000.
5) If you've installed to the NS directory try the plugin sample pages in
Netscape first.
http://www.object-arts.com/Plug-in/Samples/Samples.htmOnce you see the plugin working in NS then try Internet Explorer. Hopefully
this should now work ok. If you check in REGEDIT you should see that IE will
have recreated the keys you deleted above. One of the problems we've found
with Internet Explorer is that IE creates these registry keys on first run.
This means that the install system is unaware of their existence so they do
not get correctly removed if the plugin is uninstalled. This, in turn, leads
to problems when the plugin is reinstalled to a different location. It's
possible that this is what has caused your problems.
BTW, I've taken the liberty of posting your original message and this reply
to the Dolphin newsgroup for the benefit of others who may experience the
same problem. If you are having trouble getting the Dolphin group on your
ISP's news server then you might like to try this free news server:
http://news.cis.dfn.deBest Regards,
Andy Bower
Dolphin Support
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