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ARTICLE-ID:Q96541
TITLE :Setup Leaves Windows .INI Files in Root of the Novell Server
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system version 6.0
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Summary:
If you run MS-DOS 6 Setup when you are logged onto a Novell server,
Setup may leave MS-DOS initialization (.INI) files in the root
directory. This problem occurs when all the following conditions are
exist:
- You are logged on as a supervisor or a user with full access
privileges to the root of the file server.
- You are using a shared installation of Windows (installed with the
SETUP /N command).
- Your Windows initialization files are in a user directory that is
being accessed with a search drive.
- You have installed the Windows-based optional utilities.
If these conditions exist, MS-DOS 6 Setup leaves your initialization
files in the root of the Novell file server.
The following initialization files are left in the root of the Novell
server:
PROTMAN.INI
SYSTEM.INI
WINFILE.INI
Setup also leaves the backup (.BAK) files for those files in the root
of the Novell file server.
Workaround
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Use one of the following techniques to correct this situation:
- If this is the only installation of MS-DOS 6 you plan to perform
when you are logged in as supervisor, you can simply move these
six files back to the user directory.
- If you plan to do multiple installations of MS-DOS 6 when you are
logged in as supervisor, temporarily override the search drive before
beginning the MS-DOS 6 Setup on each subsequent computer. For example,
if your Windows initialization files are accessed on Search drive
W:\USER\JOEB. Before beginning the MS-DOS 6 Setup type these two
commands at the MS-DOS command prompt:
map del w:
map w:=sys:user\joeb
When MS-DOS 6 Setup prompts you for the location of Windows directory,
use W:\USER\JOEB for the path.
Note: If desired, you may substitute the second command above with the
following:
map root w:=sys:user\joeb
When MS-DOS 6 Setup prompts you for the location of Windows, use W:\
for the path.
More Information:
Do not use a search drive to specify the location of your Windows
initialization files. A search drive represents its drive letter as
"<drive>:." instead of "<drive>:\<pathname>." MS-DOS 6 looks at
"<drive>:.", changes to the root of the drive, and then looks for the
current (.) directory. This is why MS-DOS 6 writes the files to the
root of the server.
If you are logged on as a user without write access privileges to the
root of the file server (as is generally the case with a user on a
Novell network), the same approach as described in the second
technique applies. If you don't have privileges in the root directory,
the temporary initialization files (.$$$) are written to your user
directory. No changes are been made to your original initialization
files. You can safely delete these .$$$ files. Use the second
technique and then restart the MS-DOS 6 Setup program.
The following three .$$$ files may be left in your user directory:
__SYS__.$$$
__PGI__.$$$
__WFI__.$$$
If Setup detects that it did not need to modify one or more of the
initialization files, you may not have all three of these in your user
directory.
Note: This information applies to both the SETUP and SETUP /E
commands. (SETUP /E is used to install the optional components.)
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