> I tried to install this beta from the self extracting exe and I get a
> message that the install cannot find wshcon.dll please provide path to file.
> This file is not in the self extracitng exe and is not present in the system
> before hand.  the download for Win2k does include this file, but when I
> copied it over, it did not help, in fact made things worse.  Anyone have
> this beta working on NT4 or Win9x?

> Thanks

> Jeff Bevans

> I have it working on both NT4 and Win98.  The missing file isn't installed or used on Win9x and
> isn't critical to basic functioning of WSH 5.6 even on NT or Win2K (it's the WshController
component
> for doing remote script execution on another non-Win9x machine)...

> I (and others) have copied/registered wshcon.dll from the Win2K install package.  How did this
"make
> things worse"???

> The problem with the 5.6 beta 1 install packages has been acknowledged by Mike Whale (in the WSH
> ng).  He's tearing his hair out (actually the testers' hair ;-) working on fixing the install
> problems...

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> Michael Harris
> Microsoft.MVP.Scripting
> --

> Please do not email questions - post them to the newsgroup...
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> > I tried to install this beta from the self extracting exe and I get a
> > message that the install cannot find wshcon.dll please provide path to file.
> > This file is not in the self extracitng exe and is not present in the system
> > before hand.  the download for Win2k does include this file, but when I
> > copied it over, it did not help, in fact made things worse.  Anyone have
> > this beta working on NT4 or Win9x?

> > Thanks

> > Jeff Bevans