Registered: Nov 2007
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I made a mistake in upgrading to 5.5 recently. Since then, Winamp will not open. I continuously get an error that "the winamp.exe file is linked to missing Shell32.dll:SHGetfolderPathW."

I've poured through the forums, and best guess is that 5.5 doesn't support Windows 98. Now, I know this is a very old operating system. (My hardware is much more advanced,I'm capable of handling Visa, I've just been too $$tight to upgrade my OS) But I'm usually very careful in checking the system requirements on an upgrade, and avoid those which don't support Windows98. I didn't see anything anywehere about the 5.5 upgrade and thought I'd be OK.

I'm not technically intelligent enough to send you everything you ask for (a lot of it is greek to me) but I'm hoping you can at least tell me whee I can go to download an EARLIER version. I can uninstall 5.5 all by myself.

Thanks very much,
Joanne

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Registered: Oct 2002
From: Tharsis Ridge (Martian lowlands)

Winamp 5.5 is not compatible with Win98. The last version that was is Winamp 5.35.

People will now need to go to Winamp Heaven to grab the older version(s).

The 5.35 installer is available there too.

*Note: only the LATEST version is supported here at these forums, so we won't be able to help you with issues that may arise with an older Winamp release.

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Originally posted by J Wilson
I didn't see anything anywehere about the 5.5 upgrade and thought I'd be OK.

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It's in the FAQ, in the What are Winamp's minimum system requirements? section...

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Minimum system requirements:

* 500MHz Pentium III or comparable
* 64MB RAM
* 15MB Hard Disk Space
* 16bit Sound Card
* Windows 2000
* Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher (for Online Services)
* 1x speed or greater CD Burner (Required for Burning)
* 2x speed or greater CDROM (Required for Ripping)

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As you can see, Win2000 at bare minumum is required, but I guess you missed that. No probs though.

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Registered: Nov 2007
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THANKS!!!

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Registered: Nov 2007
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That's too bad. Well, I guess I'll be sticking with Winamp 3. I also have Winamp 2.95 installed as well in my Win98 laptop, for loyalty's sake...

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Registered: Jan 2003
From: San Jose, Calif & Land O Lakes FL

I imagine I'm one of many who blithely "upgraded" an older Windows 98 computer to Winamp 5.5, only to discover it didn't work and that I needed to re-install 5.35. I now know it's in the FAQ under "System Requirements" but (like many, I assume) I didn't discover that until it was too late.

Maybe it's a little late for this suggestion, but perhaps the installer could check the version of windows it's running on, and at least WARN the user before destroying a running 5.35 installation by overwriting it with a non-functional 5.5 ?

- Rich

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Registered: Sep 2003
From: UK

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Originally posted by RichPasco
perhaps the installer could check the version of windows it's running on, and at least WARN the user before destroying a running 5.35 installation by overwriting it with a non-functional 5.5 ?

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Registered: Jan 2003
From: San Jose, Calif & Land O Lakes FL

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Originally posted by DrO
especially with knowing the reason why it wasn't enabled for 5.5

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Registered: Oct 2003
From: Bay Area, California

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Originally posted by RichPasco
at least WARN the user before destroying a running 5.35 installation by overwriting it with a non-functional 5.5 ?

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It is not "destroying" your installation, it is in fact updating the program as one would expect. However, your obsolete operating system is not compatible with the newest version, so it does not work after installation.

It really bugs me when people complain about a modern piece of software not catering to an obsolete operating system...

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Registered: Jan 2003
From: San Jose, Calif & Land O Lakes FL

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It is not "destroying" your installation...

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Registered: Jun 2000
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Originally posted by RichPasco
So (please don't keep us in suspense), what was the reason it wasn't enabled for 5.5?

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Registered: Oct 2003
From: Bay Area, California

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Originally posted by RichPasco
Also please note that I am not complaining about 5.5--which I'm sure is wonderful for those who can afford such a great system as you feel compelled to boast about.
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Registered: Dec 2007
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I'm using Windows 98SE and have Winamp 5.34. It (Winamp 5.34) prompted (it was a popup from the player) me there was a newer version 5.5 10th aniversary version. Good thing I checked minimum system requirements before I decided to download.

Windows 98 users should know by now to check the new versions mininum system requirements first, before bothering download of any updates of software.

I have bought other software which is said to run on Windows 98 only to find out some of the new features will only work in Windows XP and up. And it turn out that was the feature for which I bought it.

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Registered: Jun 2000
From: Phoenix, AZ

Yes, Windows 98 is not supported. Winamp 5.35 is the last version to support it.

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