I have a Windows 98 computer that doesnt have internet access yet but would like to instll CW Shredder (anti spyware software) on it so I copied it from my WinME computer to a zipdisk and then copied it to my Win98 desktop. When I double clicked on it to activate it it told me it was missing a DLL file. By copying the program to the zip disk disk did I miss something? Maybe I needed an installer file? or does that happen automatically when you double click on the CW Shredder icon and it it knows that its the first time being used on that new computer. I tried this same proceedure (copying them to zip disk) with Ad-Aware and Spybot and had no problems- except for not knowing which icon to select to proceed with the programs procedure. I used the trial and error method (trying each icon in the Spybot and Ad-Aware folder) untill the program finally ran. Is there a way to get a shortcut on the desktop -so all I need to do is click it to start the program instead of searching through its folder.

If the program has to be installed you must have the installer file saved to disk not just the exe for the program that said ... You can get CWSHREDDER here (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html)

Hi theprop, mmmmmmm, hello everyone, Here is a link to CWShredders FAQ's. The mentioned missing .dll is addressed there along with a link to download the necessary Visual Basic Runtime Libraries required by CWShredder. Best Regards, Mesich Mesich

Mesich has answered your specific CWShredder query. In general terms #1 is correct. If you try just copying files from another machine it usually doesn't work, except for some small programs. You normally need an installer file that creates the necessary registry entries (and often adds extra files in folders other than the obvious folder that holds the main program). Having said all that you have obviously "got away with it" (or so it seems) for Ad-Aware and SpyBot). In which case all you need to do is find the .exe file again that opens each of these programs, right click it and create a shortcut. This can then be cut and pasted to c:\windows\desktop. From your use of the word "icons" rather than naming file types I suspect you are not set to show file extensions, which is the best way to perform these sort of operations. It will also get you used to what file extensions mean (.exe for programs, .jpg for pictures and so on). In the Start Menu go to Settings/Folder Options/View. Put a dot in "Show all files" (under Hidden files) and untick "Hide file extensions for known file types". It's the only way to live if you want to handle and understand files. No danger as long as you don't mess with files that you don't understand. Good luck Derek