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Blank Desktop after Install (CP) 4/15/94
OS2DESK.FAX DESKTOP PROBLEMS AFTER INSTALLING
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~~SYMPTON: For the Blank Desktop, after installing 2.1, WPS
(Work Place Shell) cannot be located, USER INI or
hard disk may be corrupted...
~~WORKAROUND: Run CHKDSK
Recreate the INI files
Delete the Desktop directory and subdirectories
For Work Place Shell (WPS) Cannot be Located:
This procedure has been proven to be very effective for
"Desktop Cannot be Located" when not associated with a trap.
To get to a command prompt from floppies:
1) Perform shutdown, if you're unable to shutdown, turn off
system for 30 seconds, put Installation Disk in drive A:
2) Turn on computer, or press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart system.
3) When prompted, remove Installation Disk and insert Disk 1.
4) Press ENTER..
5) When the WELCOME SCREEN is displayed, press ESC, to
display command prompt ( A: )
6) At the A:> put in Diskette #2 for CHKDSK command
If you installed from CD, you will be dropped off at CD
drive in DISK_1 subdirectory, change to DISK_2 subdir.
X:\OS2SE21\DISK_2
(X: is the CD ROM drive)
7) Run CHKDSK until clean. Command is:
CHKDSK X: /F (for FAT)
CHKDSK X: /F:2 (for HPFS)
where X: is the drive on which OS/2 resides.
If crosslinked files, copy files that are crosslinked from
harddrive to floppy, delete from harddrive, and copy from
floppy back to harddrive.
8) Switch to OS2 subdirectory, type:
CD \OS2 <enter>
DEL OS2.INI <enter>
DEL OS2SYS.INI <enter>
If you get "Access Denied" type:
ATTRIB OS2*.INI -R
(Now you can delete the files)
9) Copy OS2.INI and OS2SYS.INI from your OS2\INSTALL
subdirectory to your OS2 subdirectory.
10) From your OS2 subdirectory: Type the following:
MAKEINI OS2.INI INI.RC <enter>
MAKEINI OS2SYS.INI INISYS.RC <enter>
11) Change back to your root directory. Delete entire
DESKTOP directory structure, including DESKTOP directory
itself (if you have more than one desktop directory,
do the same for those). If system is formatted HPFS
include directory names with spaces in them in
double quotes. Before you can remove a directory, it
must have no files under it. You cannot be in directory
itself when you go to remove it.
12) From your root directory: Type the following:
ATTRIB WP?ROOT.?SF -H -R -S <enter>
DEL WP?ROOT.?SF <enter>
13) Remove diskette from floppy drive and REBOOT!!
NOTE: If desktop does NOT come up, follow steps 8 through 10,
TWICE and reboot.
If you are still unable to get the desktop, you will
need to call OS/2 Technical Support and request the fix:
APAR PJ09629
*****************************************************************
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