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Prompted to Do Full Installation in Maintenance-Mode Setup

Article ID: 117504

Article Last Modified on 12/14/1999

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This article was previously published under Q117504

SYMPTOMS

After you complete a network setup of Windows 3.1 (SETUP /N) and you later try to perform a maintenance-mode setup for Windows 3.1 from your Windows directory, you are prompted to perform a full installation, and you are not allowed to make any changes to the system settings.

CAUSE

Three files must be present in the Windows directory in order to run maintenance-mode setup. These files are WIN.COM, SETUP.EXE, and WINVER.EXE. You experience problems if all three files are not present. When you perform a network installation of Windows using the SETUP/N command, the setup routine places a minimal number of Windows files in the local Windows directory. SETUP.EXE, by default, is not installed in the local Windows directory.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, copy SETUP.EXE to the local Windows directory from Disk 1 of the Windows distribution disk set or from the shared Windows directory.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.1

Keywords: KB117504


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