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- From: ap004c@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Alexander N. Pita)
- Subject: Re: Want to remove Microsoft C++
- Message-ID: <1996Feb24.204840.26046@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 96 20:48:40 GMT
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- In <8278-217644601@nascom.com> bryatomg@nascom.com writes:
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- >I need to recover some disk space and went to remove Microsoft C++
- >from my Windows 3.1. system. I removed it as followed:
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- >1) deleted group icon
- >2) deleted MSVC files
- >3) commenting out MSVC references in WIN.INI
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- >When I boot my system I get the following messages:
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- >Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run Windows in
- >386 enhanced mode
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- >You need to run the Setup program again
- >C:\MSVC\BIN\dosxnt.386
- >Press any key to continue
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- Look in your system.ini file for the line that refers to dosxnt.386 and
- delete it.
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- -Alex
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