Frontier 5: Installing the Psapi DLL
 
If you're using Windows NT, you may need a certain piece of system software called the Psapi.dll.

Some NT users have it, some don't.

Webmasters will want this DLL because, with it, web browsers work better with Frontier.

Where is the DLL?

The Psapi.dll installer is called FrontierPS.exe, and is in the same folder as this page.

Installing

It's a pretty quick and easy installation process.

  1. Make sure you're logged in as Administrator, so that the Installer can install into your System32 folder.

  2. Quit all running applications, being sure to save your work.

  3. Double-click the FrontierPS.exe file to run the installer.

  4. Click Yes when prompted to continue.

  5. You may be prompted to re-start your computer -- that's fine. Then you're done.

Behind the scenes

This DLL is necessary for certain Frontier verbs to work. The sys verbs are verbs that determine what applications are open and can bring one or another of them to the front.

If Frontier can determine that one or another web browser is already running, then when you publish or preview a page it can ask that already-running web browser to show you the new page. Otherwise, you get a new web browser window every time you publish or preview a page.

(See also Frontier and the Active Desktop for a special note for Active Desktop users.)


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