IEAK: Dialer Icon Not Created for IE 3.0 for Windows (167056)

SYMPTOMS

After you install the Internet Explorer 3.0 package on a Windows 3.x or Windows for Workgroups 3.x System (using an IEAK-created package for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) or Internet Content Providers and walking through the Connection Wizard), a dialer connection icon to connect the user to the ISP is not created. In addition, if you run the Connection Wizard by selecting the Get on the Internet icon, the wizard completes properly but the connection icon is still not created.

CAUSE

The problem is a result of environment variables not being properly set for the Internet Explorer dialer and TCP/IP stack. The following entries are added to the Autoexec.bat file during installation:

SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\IEXPLORE
set ieppp=C:\IEXPLORE
set pctcp=C:\IEXPLORE\pctcp.shv

(This assumes that Internet Explorer was installed to the C:\IEXPLORE directory.)

However, if these entries are below a Call statement or other application that runs Windows, such as a menu program, they are not read before Windows runs. The result is that the icon is not created.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, move the following entries in the Autoexec.bat file:

SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\IEXPLORE
set ieppp=C:\IEXPLORE
set pctcp=C:\IEXPLORE\pctcp.shv

above any Call statements or other applications or batch files that may be starting Windows 3.x or Windows for Workgroups 3.x. Also, make sure that these entries come after the PATH statement in the Autoexec.bat file.

Start Windows, and select the Get on the Internet icon to generate the dialer connection icon.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.1, and 3.2. This problem was fixed in version 3.2a.