gdk-pixbuf loaders under Windows98

[Dov Grobgeld <dov imagic weizmann ac il>]

Hejsan,

I'm having problems using the gdk-pixbuf loaders under Windows 98.
I have installed all of Tor Lillkvist's precompiled gtk+ suite, 
which in general works great. But when I compile and then run
the following program:

    #include <gtk/gtk.h> /* To get gtk_init */

    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
      GError *error = NULL;
      GdkPixbuf *img;

      gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

      img = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file (argv[1], &error);
      if (error)
	g_error("%s", error->message);

      g_message("It worked!\n");

      exit(0);
    }

It immediately dies with the message:

   ** ERROR **: Unable to load image-loading module: 
      C:\CYGWIN\USR\LOCAL\lib\gtk-2.0\2.0.0\loaders\libpixbufloader-png.dll:
      failed to open libtool archive  
      C:\CYGWIN\USR\LOCAL\lib\gtk-2.0\2.0.0\loaders\libpixbufloader-png.la"
      aborting...

What are these la files? Do I need them? I looked through all the binary
zip-files provided by Tor, but couldn't find them in any.

In short, what do I need to do to get the program above to work.

Regards,
Dov