Microsoft KB Archive/61864

Installing C 6.00 and the OS/2 PM Toolkit PSS ID Number: Q61864 Article last modified on 07-03-1990 PSS database name: O_Os2PrTk

1.20

OS/2

Summary:

Both the Microsoft OS/2 PM Toolkit and the Microsoft C Compiler Version 6.00 create a file in their directory trees called NEW_VARS.CMD. If you install both the toolkit and the compiler in the same directory tree, the NEW-VARS.CMD file for the first product installed will be overwritten by the second product that is installed.

One way to work around this problem is to rename the NEW-VARS.CMD file to another name after installing the first product, then install the second normally.

A second workaround is to run the NEW-VARS.CMD file before installing the second product. This will set the environment variables, which the installation procedure for the second product will read and use when it creates the NEW-VARS.CMD file.

A third workaround is to install the two products in separate directory trees. This has the added benefit of making it easier to install future updates of these products.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1990.