Downloaded demo games

[katykitten04]

Hi. I hope someone can help me. Every time I down load a game off the
Internet, and go to play it, I get this message: The (game) RWG file is
linked to missing export SHELL 32.DLL:SHGetFolderPathA. I haven't a clue.
Someone please help

 

[katykitten04]

It's me again. Forgot to tell ya what os I've got. Windows 98se-Pentium
processor don't know what other info is needed. thanks

"katykitten04" wrote:

> Hi. I hope someone can help me. Every time I down load a game off the
> Internet, and go to play it, I get this message: The (game) RWG file is
> linked to missing export SHELL 32.DLL:SHGetFolderPathA. I haven't a clue.
> Someone please help

 

[Don Phillipson]

"katykitten04" <katykitten04@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FCB35082-151C-4C0B-A585-D29E2EF22B51@microsoft.com...

> Hi. I hope someone can help me. Every time I down load a game off the
> Internet, and go to play it, I get this message: The (game) RWG file is
> linked to missing export SHELL 32.DLL:SHGetFolderPathA. I haven't a clue.

You can tell that this name is garbed, viz. connects together
a filename and a file function. So your Win98SE OS may
have been damaged.

More information would be needed before this NG can help.
What software is supposed to play RWG data files and
do your downloads play or not?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

 

[thanatoid]

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<katykitten04@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:EB3DB835-49C6-4D56-8508-796A463FF9E9@microsoft.com:

> It's me again. Forgot to tell ya what os I've got.
> Windows 98se-Pentium processor don't know what other info
> is needed. thanks
>
> "katykitten04" wrote:
>
>> Hi. I hope someone can help me. Every time I down load a
>> game off the Internet, and go to play it, I get this
>> message: The (game) RWG file is linked to missing export
>> SHELL 32.DLL:SHGetFolderPathA. I haven't a clue. Someone
>> please help

The message seems basic enough, so it MAY be that your
shell32.dll is not outdated (see below) but damaged, but if that
was the case, you would be having many other problems. Also,
FWIW, I have NEVER run across a "damaged" system file.

The SHELL32.DLL grew considerably with every new release of
Windows, and unfortunately, many programs use calls to that DLL
for their proper functioning. The games you are DL'g may simply
need a newer version of Windows. I have run across this problem
with many newer programs (mostly those to do with the Internet),
but since older is usually better and much faster, no problem.
Then again, I'm not a gamer.

If you are a serious gamer, get a newer XP/Vista machine with a
snazzy video card, don't connect it to the net and use IT for
gaming only (and other processor/graphics-intensive tasks).

--
"This is not nuclear. This is just a test."
- illyria

 

[Jeff Richards]

The software you are using is not designed for Windows 9x. For these
versions of Windows the function SHGetFolderPathA should be referenced as
belonging to SHFOLDER.DLL, not SHELL32.DLL.

See, for instance:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms647764.aspx
under Remarks.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"katykitten04" <katykitten04@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB3DB835-49C6-4D56-8508-796A463FF9E9@microsoft.com...
> It's me again. Forgot to tell ya what os I've got. Windows 98se-Pentium
> processor don't know what other info is needed. thanks
>
> "katykitten04" wrote:
>
>> Hi. I hope someone can help me. Every time I down load a game off the
>> Internet, and go to play it, I get this message: The (game) RWG file is
>> linked to missing export SHELL 32.DLL:SHGetFolderPathA. I haven't a
>> clue.
>> Someone please help