Microsoft KB Archive/82312

= Setup Does Not Modify CONFIG.SYS when ATDOSXL.SYS Is Loaded =

Article ID: 82312

Article Last Modified on 6/14/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 3.11 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q82312



SUMMARY
The Microsoft Windows Setup program does not modify CONFIG.SYS if the HardCard Plus device driver ATDOSXL.SYS is loaded. ATDOSXL.SYS is a device driver used by HardCard Plus to make the card function as a drive.



MORE INFORMATION
Setup scans the CONFIG.SYS, and if it finds the text string &quot;ATDOSXL.SYS&quot; (without the quotation marks), it does not modify CONFIG.SYS. Instead, it writes the proposed changes to the file CONFIG.WIN in the Windows directory. If the file CONFIG.WIN already exists, Setup creates the file CONFIG.nnn, where &quot;nnn&quot; is the first numeric extension not already used, starting with the extension &quot;001&quot; (for example, CONFIG.001, CONFIG.002, and so on).

Setup does not make changes directly to the CONFIG.SYS file, so Setup avoids the possibility of trying to load a device driver from the HardCard drive before the system has access to that drive.

The CONFIG.SYS file should be manually edited to include the changes recommended by Windows 3.1 in the CONFIG.WIN file.

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Additional query words: 3.10 Hard Card + 3.11 \* NoWin4

Keywords: KB82312

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