I am now at a total loss as to exactly what you are trying to achieve!
The IE6 installer will NOT install incorrect file versions on your PC - it's
designed to pick the versions it needs from the CAB files and install them.
If you have somehow managed to set up your system in some manner to spoof
the OS then that is very definitely your problem, and not the OS's -
however, it's also irrelevant, as what I was hoping to get from you was some
meaningful information, rather than a confused diatribe.


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"MEB" meb@not wrote in message
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Well, I must say you are persistent, the question you asked:

" I'm at a loss to understand why any Win9x system should be calling
uxtheme -
this file is peculiar to Windows XP AFAIK!
Have you by any chance installed in incorrect version of some
program?"

As ANYONE, on ANY system which does NOT protect against installation of
"wrong" system files,;
who installed IE 6 SP1, installed these files.
Shwapi.dll is used by most if not ALL Windows programs, AND IE, Explorer,
and dozens of other Windows and Windows based programs use and/or call
these
files, as are these other XP files;
AND these files do call for these missing dlls, and missing functions;
THEN, the installation of these XP files, which was done in any OS which
installed IE 6, are calling for non-existent functions and non-existent
dlls,
THEREFORE, if you had followed the previous postings, you would have
noticed, that a style of debug program had been used to detect these
errors,
and TRACE the problem to its root cause.
Moreover, per Microsoft own certification standards, these files can NOT
and could not be installed in any OS except XP, as they are unverified and
un-certifiable for installation. Why? Because they cause errors. They are
NOT compatible.