Microsoft Win32s Upgrade

The information in this article applies to:

SUMMARY

Microsoft Win32s version 1.30c is the latest version of the software that allows you to run Win32-based applications on Windows version 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1 and later. The Win32s upgrade is now available in the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) as Pw1118.exe.

NOTE: The Win32s upgrade appnote, Pw1118.exe was last updated on February 22, 1996. There are no plans to further update Win32s at this time.

The Microsoft Win32s upgrade includes OLE support.

Also, the Win32s upgrade is intended as an end-user upgrade and is not intended for further redistribution.


MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

Pw1118.exe
Release Date: Feb-22-1996

For more information about how to download files from the Microsoft Download Center, please visit the Download Center at the following Web address
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp
and then click How to use the Microsoft Download Center.

If the following instructions are not clear, more detailed web-based installation instructions can be found at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/isapi/msdnlib.idc?theURL=/library/psdk/buildapp/setup_51pw.htm

Installing Win32s from Pw1118.exe

The following are instructions for installing Win32s if you have downloaded the Pw1118.exe file. The Win32s files are provided in a compressed state in the Pw1118.exe file, which is a self-extracting file.

  1. Create a directory on your hard disk for the decompressed files. For example, you could create a directory named Install by entering the following at the command prompt:


    2. mkdir Install
  2. Copy Pw1118.exe to the new Install directory, change directories to the Install directory, and type the following at the command prompt:
    pw1118
    This decompresses the Win32s files into an installation layout (setup program) in the Install directory.


To Install Win32s on Your System

  1. Run Windows and start the File Manager.


  2. Open the Install directory (the directory created in step 1 of the setup instructions above).


  3. Double-click Setup.exe. The setup program installs Win32s and restarts the system to update the system files. Win32s is now installed or upgraded on your system, and any obsolete Win32s files have been removed.


  4. Delete the Install directory and its contents.



REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q117153 Display Problems with Win32s and the S3 Driver

Q120486 How to Remove Win32s

Q106715 How to Troubleshoot Win32s Installation Problems

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Last Reviewed: March 24, 2000
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