From 4e96521948b74b8e91eb5a6bca18427f8243bc98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 11:23:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Mention in PROBLEMS an issue with MS-Windows NT4 * etc/PROBLEMS (MS-Windows): Mention the problem with Shell32.dll on Windows NT4. For the details, see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2016-01/msg00835.html. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 58faef2a62d..7d780371d46 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -1966,6 +1966,13 @@ runtime shared library, distributed with Windows 9X. A workaround is to build Emacs with MinGW runtime 3.x (the latest version is 3.20). +** addpm fails to run on Windows NT4, complaining about Shell32.dll + +This is likely to happen because Shell32.dll shipped with NT4 lacks +the updates required by Emacs. Installing Internet Explorer 4 solves +the problem. Note that it is NOT enough to install IE6, because doing +so will not install the Shell32.dll update. + ** A few seconds delay is seen at startup and for many file operations This happens when the Net Logon service is enabled. During Emacs -- 2.39.2