How to: Manually install a mouse driver in DOS.
Solution:
Manually install the Microsoft Mouse driver version 10.0 for MS-DOS.
Do one of the following:
1) To manually install the mouse driver:
a) Create an MSINPUT directory and an MSINPUT\MOUSE subdirectory by typing the following lines at an MS-DOS command prompt and pressing ENTER after each command:
MD C\:MSINPUT
MD C:\MSINPUT\MOUSE
b) Change to the MSINPUT\MOUSE subdirectory by typing the following line at the MS-DOS command prompt and pressing ENTER:
CD C:\MSINPUT\MOUSE
c) Insert the IntelliPoint software disk in the diskette drive and expand the needed files by typing the following sequence of commands and pressing ENTER after each command:
EXPAND <drive>:MOUSE.EX_C:\MSINPUT\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE
EXPAND <drive>:MOUSE.EN_C:\MSINPUT\MOUSE\MOUSE.LAN
EXPAND <drive>:MBPCPL.EX_C:\MSINPUT\MOUSE\MOUSECPL.EXE
EXPAND <drive>:MBPCPL.EX_C:\MSINPUT\MOUSE\MOUSECPL.LAN
(where <drive> is the letter of the floppy drive the diskette is inserted in).
2) To set the appropriate environment variable and load the mouse driver automatically when the computer is started:
a) Change to the root directory by typing the following line at an MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER:
CD
b) Type the following line to open the AUTOEXEC.BAT file for editing and press ENTER:
EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT
c) Type the following lines at the beginning of the file and press ENTER:
SET MSINPUT=C:\MSINPUT
C:\MSINPUT\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE /Q
d) Save and then close the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
e) Restart the computer.
