Top Windows 98 Windows 9x Regional Settings if only two digit years are selected programs will fail is a Y2K bug Hoax. The OLE system cannot accept dates of 2030 or greater. The DOS Xcopy command has problems with two-digit dates of between 80 and 99. Windows 9x Regional Settings if only two digit years are selected programs will fail is a Y2K bug Hoax. The update is available on CD from Microsoft, or from here .
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File Manager needs updating to enable it to display the dates of files correctly if the date is in 2000 or later. The update is called W31filup.exe . Check this page for more details. File Manager needs updating to enable it to display the dates of files correctly if the date is in 2000 or later. The file you need is Wfwfilup.exe update.