Article ID: 128400
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
setup /?
and the correct command line syntax.
(such as your current Win.ini and System.ini files), use this switch.
required to install Windows 95, use this switch.
"deadly" terminate-and-stay-resident programs (TSRs) that are known to cause problems with Windows 95 Setup, use this switch.
Setup checks your drive for cross-linked files. Use the /iq switch to prevent Setup from doing this.
during Setup.
Manager (or Sysdetmg.dll). Setup does not interpret the content of
the string. The string can contain one or more detection options.
The /p switch is not to be used by itself. For more information on
the /p switch, please see the "/p Detection Switch Option String
Defined" section below.
temporary files. WARNING: Any existing files in this directory will be deleted.
to try safer detection methods. Safer detection methods may not
detect devices correctly.
The default during Setup is enabled. The default in other cases is
disabled.
Example: setup /p a
detection module is called so that you can step through each
detection module manually and decide if you want to skip it.
The default is disabled.
Example: setup /p b
for finding hints for a certain class of devices. For example, adapter
class detection looks for hints in the Config.sys and System.ini files
for CD-ROM drivers. If it does not find any, Setup displays a CD-ROM
check box asking if you have a CD-ROM drive.
The default during Setup is enabled. The default when you use the
Add New Hardware tool and docking/undocking detection is disabled.
Example: setup /p c
tells Setup to always search on all network adapter cards, sound
cards, and CD-ROM drives.
Example: setup /p c-
<name> is a detection module name or a device class name.
Detection module names (such as DetectPIC and DetectAHA154x)
are found in the Msdet.inf file. Device class names can be
SCSIAdapter, net, and so on.
Example: setup /p d=detectpic
The default during Setup is enabled. The default in other cases is
disabled.
Example: setup /p e
It forces Detection to delete the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\Root registry key before starting. This switch is ignored when Setup is run in the Windows 95 graphical user interface (GUI).
The default is disabled.
Example: setup /p f
This switch controls how verbose the built-in progress bar is. At
maximum level (3), it shows all the resources of the detected
devices along with the progress bar. This switch can help to
identify which detection module causes a certain problem. For
example, if your mouse stops responding (hangs) during detection
but the system continues, there is no way to determine from the
log files which module hung the mouse. By turning this option on
and constantly moving the mouse during Setup, you can determine
which module is running when the mouse hangs.
The default is disabled (0).
Example: setup /p g=3
Play BIOS. It is useful on systems that have a Plug and Play BIOS that is not reported in Machine.inf.
Example: setup /p i
switch. This switch should only be used after a machine that
required "Setup /p i" has updated their Plug and Play BIOS.
Example: setup /p j
<n> is 0 to 3.
The default is maximum logging (3).
Example: setup /p l=0
This is enabled only when Setup is run under MS-DOS.
Example: setup /p m
turn off the Windows 95 Setup recovery mechanism (for example, this
switch prevents the creation of the Detcrash.log file).
The default is disabled.
Example: setup /p n
is written to the Tracelog.txt file in the current
directory.
This option is available only in the Debug version of
Sysdetmg.dll.
Example: setup /p o
timing information to the DETLOG.TXT file.
The default is disabled.
Example: setup /p p
Detcrash.log file, if found, for recovery. If this switch is not
enabled, Detection ignores and deletes Detcrash.log even if it is
found.
This switch is used if Safe Recovery is selected during Setup,
otherwise it is not used.
Example: setup /p r
detection modules, where <name> is a detection module name or a
device class name.
Detection module names (such as DetectPIC and DetectAHA154x)
are in the Msdet.inf file. Device class names are SCSIAdapter,
net, and so on.
Example: setup /p s=detectpic
The default is disabled (0).
This option is available only in the Debug version of Sysdetmg.dll.
Example: setup /p t=9
where <res list> is one of four possibilities:
- io(xxx-yyy,xxx-yyy,...)
- mem(xxxxx-yyyyy,xxxxx-yyyyy,...)
- irq(x,y,z,...)
- dma(x,y,z,...)
This switch protects resources so that no detection
modules can access them.
Example: setup /p x=io(300-30f,240-24f)
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