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2005-02-14 07:24:26 . . . . neo1a.ehv.campus.philips.com

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Real Player 8 on Windows

Thanks to inetguy for the following information on getting Real Player 8 to work with Mozilla on Windows 98.
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Note: A copy of Real Player 8 is available from:
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape6/english/6.1/windows/win32/xpi/nsrp8.exe
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Thought I'd give you an update on how I got this to
work. No place on the web to date has this exact procedure,
although some sites gave me a clue what to look for.

I'm running Win98. I only have Mozilla installed and
wanted RealPlayer? audio to work. Typing "about:plugins"
in the mozilla location bar reveals what plugins are
installed.

I grabbed RealPlayer?8 (NSRP8.EXE) and installed it. Although
it installed fine, it wasnt installed. I discovered Mozilla
wants 1 file installed to make RealPlayer?8 (NSRP8.EXE) work
as a plugin:

C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Plugins\nppl3260.dll

The install created a folder as Windows\Temp\~rnsetup\
during the install, but would DELETE ALL FILES (except 2)
UPON COMPLETING THE INSTALL. The 2 were NOT nppl3260.dll.

I launched 2 instances of Windows Explorer: one in the
install folder and the other in C:\Windows\Temp\.

Upon running NSRP8.EXE I switched to the Explorer
in C:\Windows\Temp, refreshed with F5, went into the
~rnsetup folder, and copied nppl3260.dll into another
folder QUICKLY before it was DELETED by the INSTALL
process.

(With taskmanager you can also kill the installation task,
this will prevent deletion of the temp folder by the
installer)

When the install was complete, I moved the file to
C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Plugins. "about:plugins" showed
it was installed and I was able to listen to Realplayer
streams.