First post, by kgeetings
I have an old laser I recently bought and hope to get up and running. The seller included the install discs for this program, and I've got an old computer set up and running Windows 98 as that is what I was told the program was working on before. Unfortunately, the software does not seem to be installing correctly. I'm unsure on what I can/should post here, but I can upload any of the files if requested.
I have a total of 4 discs. Disc 1 is the first install disc, and then disc 2 is what I swap out halfway through the install, and this process seems to work correctly, as the program says it's installed successfully. Disc 3 and 4 are just the system files and material files, but nothing that I have drag and dropped from those two has made any changes.
The problem when I attempt begins when I try to start the program, I get the following error "Can't load Custom Control DLL: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MHGTXT.VBX'". The file is located in that directory, so it's not a problem of it being missing. I figured it may be corrupted, so I was able to find an archive of something that includes the MHGTXT.VBX file (https://archive.org/details/3X3_12) and dragged that vbx file into the SYSTEM folder, and now I'm getting a new DLL error "Can't load Custom Control DLL: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MHCM200.VBX'". I'm not entirely sure if using that new vbx file actually helps any, as they could just happen to have the same naming scheme? But at least it now moves on to the next DLL file, which makes me think that the installer may not be installing correctly. Or that the disc files are corrupted somehow.
The install discs have files in them that are called MHGTXT.VB_ which I assume is what the installer is renaming and moving the the system folder, but they appear to be smaller in size that what gets put in the system folder, so the installer must be doing something in between this process that I'm not aware of.
Let me know if you need/want the files, I can upload them to google drive or to here, and send them either publicly or privately depending on which is best.