Folks:
I had the same problem at Xolox startup: "$ is not a valid integer."
I found that that Utterly Opaque message disappeared when I removed the resumeinfo.txt file.
Since I had deleted and reinstalled Xolox, in an attempt to correct a (possibly related) problem which caused (still causes) my dial-up connection to disconnect, I had collected 2 versions of resumeinfo.
Being somewhat of a Buckaroo, I had edited the two together.
Having done so at an Absurd Hour of the morning, I had accidentally deleted a CR, causing 2 lines to become 1.

I finally located the problem by dicing the file into discrete segments and starting Xolox with each segment as "resumeinfo.txt."

When I finally found the error, it was really quite obvious!
And easy to fix....

Suggestion to the Gurus Behind the Scenes: perhaps the error messages could be couched in more obvious terms...?

Now, why does Win98 SE take to crashing to a complete Reset after Xolox has been installed for several days?
It seems to happen whether Xolox is running or not; I have had things go Boom with BearShare running instead!

I am beginning to suspect that only a complete reinstall of M$Win is indicated, with all the attendant pain of reconnecting all my apps...!

Thanks for a Pretty Good Thing, anyway!!