Jerry -- Congratulations. In 24 replies to the original post, you are the first one to actually answer the question (except for Andrew Cherry's guess, which was only speculation).
I appreciate contributors who actually read the question and stay on topic. Despite all of the emotional rhetoric, I really did want to know the answer to Reggie's original question. Bill On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:46:55 -0700, Jerry Sidfrid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I believe the reason the IE 5.01 is required is because Dot Net installs a >MIME filter that is compatible with version 5.01 and greater. When this >MIME filter detects a managed assembly is being downloaded, it makes a call >to CorBindToRuntimeEX - bootstrapping the CLR. This allows IE to host >managed apps. > >You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or >subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.