shell32.dll error, any help would be appreciated

[cree]

I installed FSO for the first time but when I try to launch it I get this error:

The procedure entry point GetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID could not be located in the dynamic link library SHELL32.dll

I'm using Windows Vista and I do have a shell32.dll in my System32 folder

 

[dotequals]

FreeSO itself supports Vista (for now), but the launcher does not due to the underlying technology (electron) not supporting it. You would need to do a manual install which requires the following:

1. Ensure .NET 4.5 or later is installed https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653
2. Ensure OpenAL is installed https://www.openal.org/downloads/ (Windows Installer zip)
3. Download, extract, and install The Sims Online http://ia801903.us.archive.org/tarv...tar&file=042006/TSO_Installer_v1.1239.1.0.zip
4. Download and extract FreeSO https://github.com/riperiperi/freeso/releases (client-beta-update-###.zip)

 

[cree]

Thank you for the quick reply
I managed to install everything and create a sim but when I go to Sunrise Crater everything says Vacant Lot. If I go to the Top 100 List it shows 29 locations and when I click on a name on the list it will pop up a picture of the building but it says Retrieving at the top and when I zoom in nothing's there. I've closed and restarted the game several times

 

[cree]

And now when I load the game I can only get to the login screen. There's a pop-up saying the server I'm connecting to requires beta/update-79d to be installed (which is what I downloaded via the link above) and that my version is master-859
It asks if I want to download and apply update-79d, I say yes, and get a new pop-up that says "the file %s could not be downloaded or was empty/corrupted. You will now return to the login screen"