"The system library Msimg32.dll is missing or too old, so certain transparency effects will be slow and possibly not drawn correctly. Obtaining the library from a Windows ME installation and placing it in your Windows system directory will fix this."
... every time I start Opera.
How can I get rid of it? Don't even think about telling me to go get msimg32.dll somewhere.
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:20:45 -0400, Mike Easter <Mi...@ster.invalid> wrote: > Opera 9.5 > Win98se OS
> I don't want the alert:
> "The system library Msimg32.dll is missing or too old, so certain > transparency effects will be slow and possibly not drawn correctly. > Obtaining the library from a Windows ME installation and placing it in > your Windows system directory will fix this."
> ... every time I start Opera.
> How can I get rid of it? Don't even think about telling me to go get > msimg32.dll somewhere.
There are 51000 googlehits to read about msimg32.dll. That has nothing to do with the fact that my msimg32.dll has been just fine thru' all versions of opera I have ever used including 4 different betas of 9.5 until I installed the current release version.
Something changed between the last beta I was using and the current v. and the unnecessary alert was added which is apparently not configurable.
> There are 51000 googlehits to read about msimg32.dll. That has nothing > to do with the fact that my msimg32.dll has been just fine thru' all > versions of opera I have ever used including 4 different betas of 9.5 > until I > installed the current release version.
> Something changed between the last beta I was using and the current v. > and the unnecessary alert was added which is apparently not configurable.
> I guess I will have to go back to a beta.
There were problems in 9.5 on Win9x systems, caused by problems in the old dll. Not just in the final build, it has been more work then in earlier versions to make sure Opera 9.5 works properly on Win9x systems. If you don't use areas in Opera were transparency is used, you might not notice.
And since it's 10 years now since those OS's were new, the developers opted for the quick solution of not modifying their code to work around these issues, but issue a warning. But of course it is annoying to get that popup every time, so the next release will probably have a 'do not show again' checkbox.
>>> "The system library Msimg32.dll is missing or too old,
>>> ... every time I start Opera. > I guess I will have to go back to a beta.
I'm currently back to 9.5 build 10034 and everything is fine about the unwanted alert. Does anyone have any other recommendations besides this build? Like a better build or some way to use the 9.5 release v. without the alert?
Guy wrote: > Does deselecting the below option make any difference? > Tools > Appearance | Skin > Enable special effects
The 'enable special effects' is operative in my build 10034.
The alert comes up in the release v. before opera ever runs. It isn't an error when opera is doing something. It is an alert which opera has chosen to run for no special reason except its 'internal' registry checking configuration when it finds out my msimg32.dll is v 5.00.1693.1.
Rijk van Geijtenbeek wrote: > Mike Easter >>>> I don't want the alert:
>>>> "The system library Msimg32.dll is missing or too old,
>>>> ... every time I start Opera. >> Something changed between the last beta I was using and the current v. >> and the unnecessary alert was added which is apparently not >> configurable.
>> I guess I will have to go back to a beta.
> There were problems in 9.5 on Win9x systems, caused by problems in the > old dll. Not just in the final build, it has been more work then in > earlier versions to make sure Opera 9.5 works properly on Win9x > systems. If you don't use areas in Opera were transparency is used, you > might not notice.
> And since it's 10 years now since those OS's were new, the developers > opted for the quick solution of not modifying their code to work around > these issues, but issue a warning. But of course it is annoying to get > that popup every time, so the next release will probably have a 'do not > show again' checkbox.
Thanks for your remarks, but I seriously doubt that permanently 'branding' Opera's opening with a recommendation to Win98se users that they should somehow hack their OS with an 'obscure' Me .dll which is no longer even in MS's .dll troubleshooting is anything but a big fat mistake. I doubt that it is even good advice for any purpose, OS hacking or otherwise.
>>>> "The system library Msimg32.dll is missing or too old,
>>>> ... every time I start Opera.
>> I guess I will have to go back to a beta.
> I'm currently back to 9.5 build 10034 and everything is > fine about the unwanted alert. Does anyone have any other > recommendations besides this build? Like a better build or > some way to use the 9.5 release v. without the alert?
> Guy wrote: >> Does deselecting the below option make any difference? >> Tools > Appearance | Skin > Enable special effects
> The 'enable special effects' is operative in my build > 10034.
> The alert comes up in the release v. before opera ever > runs. It isn't an error when opera is doing something. It > is an alert which opera has chosen to run for no special > reason except its 'internal' registry checking > configuration when it finds out my msimg32.dll is v > 5.00.1693.1.
> -- > Mike Easter
I found a msimg32.dll ver 5.0.2218.1 at work. That made the message go away.
I haven't done any further testing to determine if the version update breaks anything.
Phil R wrote: > "Mike Easter" >> The alert comes up in the release v. before opera ever >> runs. It isn't an error when opera is doing something. It >> is an alert which opera has chosen to run for no special >> reason except its 'internal' registry checking >> configuration when it finds out my msimg32.dll is v >> 5.00.1693.1. > I found a msimg32.dll ver 5.0.2218.1 at work. That made the > message go away.
I haven't been so lucky as to find one online. There aren't very many Me/s around. The v. in W2K is different, as is XP's.
Thanks. That is a good .dll site. I had found a link to another site with the .dll which is currently under construction, so that .dll dl was 'in the blind'. The two files, the Win ME one at your link above and the other one are identical.
The current Opera 9.51 build 10074 still has the 'bad' alert which cannot be disabled but which alert goes away with the ME 5.0.2218.1 .dll now in the Win98se system folder.
