Microsoft KB Archive/84925

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Order of Groups in PROGMAN.INI

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Q84925

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11

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SUMMARY
The group windows listing of the PROGMAN.INI file does not have to be in sequential order for Microsoft Windows version 3.1 to load the group windows correctly. However, for Windows versions 3.0 and 3.0a, this listing must be in order.

MORE INFORMATION
In Windows 3.0, the [groups] section of the PROGMAN.INI file must to be in sequential order for Windows to properly load the groups (as in the example below).

  [Groups] Group1=C:\WIN31\NONWINDO.GRP Group2=C:\WIN31\GAMES.GRP Group3=C:\WIN31\ACCESSOR.GRP Group4=C:\WIN31\MAIN.GRP In Windows 3.1, the groups listing of the PROGMAN.INI file does not have to be in sequential order. The group listing can have breaks in the numbering order or be in any numeral sequence (as in the example below).

  [Groups] Group1=C:\WIN31\NONWINDO.GRP Group3=C:\WIN31\ACCESSOR.GRP Group2=C:\WIN31\GAMES.GRP Group4=C:\WIN31\MAIN.GRP Group5=C:\WIN31\WindowsA.GRP Group10=C:\WIN31\OTHER.GRP Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11 network setup

Keywords : win31

Issue type :

Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311