Microsoft KB Archive/239550

= Unable to Install Internet Explorer 5 for Windows 3.1 =

Article ID: 239550

Article Last Modified on 9/24/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q239550



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to install Internet Explorer 5 for Windows 3.1, you may receive the following error message:

Microsoft Internet Tools for Win 3.1/NT 3.51 requires a configuration larger than 4mb for reasonable performance.

On smaller machines, please continue to use previous version of Internet Explorer.



CAUSE
This issue can occur if your computer contains more the 40 megabytes (MB) of random access memory (RAM).



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, run Internet Explorer Setup using the setup /f:16 command to limit the amount of memory used by Setup:  In Program Manager, click Run on the File menu. In the Command Line box, type the following command



where  and   are the drive and folder in which the Setup.exe file is located. Click OK. Follow the instructions on your screen to install Internet Explorer.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbsetup kbprb KB239550

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