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PIFs Are Not Created in the PIF Folder

Article ID: 133443

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006


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This article was previously published under Q133443

SYMPTOMS

Program information files (PIFs) for MS-DOS-based programs are not created in the Windows\PIF folder.

CAUSE

When you double-click an MS-DOS-based program file (.exe or .com file) in Windows Explorer, a PIF is created in the same folder as the program file. If the PIF cannot be created in the same folder (such as when you run a program from a CD-ROM), the PIF is created in the Windows\PIF folder. The PIF has the same filename as the program file, but with a .pif extension.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Keywords: KB133443