Support Document

The information in this document applies to:

• HTML-Kit Build 292 running on Windows 95, 98 or ME

HTML-Kit Build 292 may display a "W95Stub Not Found" message after invoking certain plugins when running on Windows 95/98/ME systems (this does not occur when running on Windows NT/2000/XP systems). This document includes details of this issue and information on how to fix it.

No action is required when running HTML-Kit on Windows NT/2000/XP systems.

Following steps can be used to solve the "W95Stub Not Found" issue. No changes are required on systems that have not displayed the above message.

• Exit HTML-Kit.
   
• Right click the Windows shortcut/icon used to open HTML-Kit and select the "Properties" main menu option. The shortcut can be the icon on the Quick Start area and/or the main HTML-Kit icon under the "Start | Programs | HTML-Kit" program group.
   
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  Right click the content in the "Target" field, right click and click the "Select All" option. Right click the selected content again and click "Copy." If HTML-Kit was installed using the default settings, the Target field should contain a target similar to "C:\Program Files\Chami\HTML-Kit\Bin\HTMLKit.exe"
   
• Right click inside the "Start In" field and click "Paste." At this point, the Start In field should display the same content in the Target field. Click inside the Start In field and press the End key to go to the end of the text. Remove the "HTMLKit.exe" portion (without quotes). The final result should be the full path to the HTMLKit.exe file, but without the HTMLKit.exe portion. If HTML-Kit was installed using the default setting, the Start In field should be similar to "C:\Program Files\Chami\HTML-Kit\Bin\" (with quotes). Click "OK" to save the changes to the shortcut.
   
• Open HTML-Kit. The "W95Stub Not Found" message should no longer appear.
   

Following workaround is also available if changing the "Start In" folder does not make a difference:

• Download and install the W95Stub Initializer plugin using the "Tools | Install | Plugin" main menu option.
   
• If the "W95Stub Not Found" message reappears, click the "Init W95Stub" button on the "MyPlugins" tab and repeat the original action.
   

"W95Stub" is an utility used by HTML-Kit to capture the output of command line programs when running on Windows 95/98/ME. It is not used on Windows NT/2000/XP systems since the full set of functions required to capture the output is already available in the operating system.

W95Stub is used by the exec() function which is one of the functions provided by hkScript. Plugins written in hkScript that specifically use the exec() function may display the "W95Stub Not Found" message if HTML-Kit is unable to locate the w95stub.exe utility in one of the predefined file paths.

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