Microsoft KB Archive/141370

= Microsoft Knowledge Base =

Installing MS Plus! After MSN 1.2 or 1.3 Overwrites Msnver.txt
Last reviewed: July 16, 1997

Article ID: Q141370

The information in this article applies to:


 * The Microsoft Network versions 1.2, 1.3
 * Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95

SUMMARY
If you install Microsoft Plus! after you install MSN, The Microsoft Network, version 1.2 or 1.3, Microsoft Plus! Setup overwrites the version number in the Msnver.txt file with the number 5699.

MORE INFORMATION
The version number for MSN version 1.2 is 5799 and for MSN version 1.3 is 5899. If Microsoft Plus! Setup has overwritten the version number in the Msnver.txt file with 5699, you receive the version 1.2 upgrade even though you have already upgraded.

To update the Msnver.txt file, follow these steps:

 Start an MS-DOS session. Change to the \progra~1\themic~1 directory.  Type the following line and then press ENTER: copy con:msnver.txt  When you are prompted "Do you want to overwrite?" press Y, and then press ENTER. Type "5799" (without quotation marks). Press CTRL+Z and then press ENTER.