How to Manually Install the Version 10.0 Mouse Driver

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Versions of the Microsoft Mouse driver for MS-DOS prior to version 10.0 require only that you expand either the MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.EXE file to your computer's hard disk.

Version 10.0 of the Microsoft Mouse driver for MS-DOS requires language support files as well as the MOUSE.EXE file. To manually install the Microsoft Mouse driver version 10.0 for MS-DOS, follow these steps:

1. Create an MSINPUT directory and an MSINPUT\MOUSE subdirectory by typing the following lines at an MS-DOS command prompt:

         md c:\msinput
         md c:\msinput\mouse
   						

2. Change to the MSINPUT\MOUSE subdirectory by typing the following line at the MS-DOS command prompt:

         cd c:\msinput\mouse
   						

3. Insert the IntelliPoint software disk in drive A (or drive B) and then expand the four necessary files by typing the following lines at the MS-DOS command prompt:

         expand a:mouse.ex_ c:\msinput\mouse\mouse.exe
         expand a:mouse.en_ c:\msinput\mouse\mouse.lan
         expand a:mbpcpl.ex_ c:\msinput\mouse\mousecpl.exe
         expand a:mbpcpl.en_ c:\msinput\mouse\mousecpl.lan
   						

   NOTE: If you are using drive B instead of drive A, substitute "b:" for "a:" in each of the four lines above.

To set the appropriate environment variable and cause the mouse driver to be loaded automatically when you start your computer, follow these steps:

1. Change to the root directory by typing the following line at an MS-DOS command prompt:

         cd \ 
   						

2. Type the following line to open the AUTOEXEC.BAT file for editing:

         edit autoexec.bat
   						

3. Add the following lines at the beginning of the file:

         SET MSINPUT=C:\MSINPUT
         C:\MSINPUT\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE /Q
   						

4. Save and then close the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
5. Restart your computer.