Microsoft KB Archive/58262

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Location of Installed Windows 3.0 Drivers

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Q58262

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a

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SUMMARY
The information in this article is specific to Microsoft Windows version 3.0.

The following is a list of the installed locations of drivers included with Windows 3.0:

  Driver        Location --

RAMDRIVE.SYS Windows 3.00 directory SMARTDRV.SYS Windows 3.00 directory EMM386.SYS   Windows 3.00 directory EGA.SYS      Windows 3.00 directory MOUSE.COM    Windows 3.00 directory (optional) MOUSE.SYS    Windows 3.00 directory (optional) MOUSEHP.COM  Windows 3.00 directory (optional) MOUSEHP.SYS  Windows 3.00 directory (optional) HIMEM.SYS    Root directory of Drive C

MORE INFORMATION
Mouse drivers are copied to the hard drive only if they are needed to replace an existing older version of the same driver.

HIMEM.SYS is copied to the root directory of Drive C because of potential problems with hard drive partitioning drivers.

HIMEM.SYS is always placed first in the CONFIG.SYS file. If Windows is installed on a drive other than C:, and a hard drive partitioning driver is used, HIMEM.SYS will be listed before the partitioning driver and thus will not load because its drive is not present before the partitioning driver is loaded. Always placing HIMEM.SYS in the root directory of C: solves this problem.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a