Tips for the use of Java with Windows 95 and Windows 98

• Windows 98 has problems with long path names, long command lines and multiple parameters. To avoid these problems, insert the following line as first Line into your config.sys file:
  SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /E:2048 /U:250 /p
  where C:\command.com has to be the location of your command.com file.
• Furthermore I found problems with the case of path names and JDK 1.3: Be sure, that all path names in are in lower letters, like the package names. Although Windows 98 doesn't discriminate lower and capital names, JDK 1.3 does!

Good luck: Harald Weinreich

By the way: if you want to compile applets for the Internet Explorer using the JDK 1.4 or above, you have to use the switch "target 1.1" to get code that is compatible with Microsofts old JVM, e.g.:
javac -target 1.1 MyApplet.java