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- From: "Guus Leeuw jr." <guusl@eiffel.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Want to remove Microsoft C++
- Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 10:53:42 -0800
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- bryatomg@nascom.com wrote:
- >
- > I need to recover some disk space and went to remove Microsoft C++
- > from my Windows 3.1. system. I removed it as followed:
- >
- > 1) deleted group icon
- > 2) deleted MSVC files
- > 3) commenting out MSVC references in WIN.INI
-
- You missed SYSTEM.INI
-
- >
- > When I boot my system I get the following messages:
- >
- > Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run Windows in
- > 386 enhanced mode
- >
- > You need to run the Setup program again
- > C:\MSVC\BIN\dosxnt.386
- > Press any key to continue
- >
- > I was not lost in that I had a current tape backup and did a full
- > restore
- > of my environment. How can I remove Microsoft Visual C++ again and
- > not get this message (what did I do wrong)?
- >
-
- I'd do the following: rename C:\MSVC\BIN\dosxnt.386 to, say,
- C:\MSVC\BIN\foobar. Edit your SYSTEM.INI and searh MSVC. Comment the
- lines out. Reboot your computer.
-
- Hope this helps,
- Guus
-