Microsoft KB Archive/81522

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Manually Reconstructing Windows Productivity Pack Groups

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Q81522

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a
 * Microsoft Windows Productivity Pack, version 1.0

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SUMMARY
The Microsoft Windows Productivity Pack version 1.0 creates two program groups and a total of 10 icons when you install this package under Windows version 3.0. There are two methods of recovery if you have inadvertently deleted the application icons and/or program groups. Because the icon properties for some of the Windows Productivity Pack modules are somewhat unusual, the normal method of manually setting up Windows icons or using the Windows Search For Applications feature doesn't work unless you have additional information about the required command line entries.

This is because of the method Productivity Pack uses to create its icons. Each icon refers to an executable file and either a data file or a Windows Help file. If you choose Set Up Applications from the Options menu of Windows Setup, you can recover the executable files. The only way to recover a lost Troubleshooter Tools group and the associated icons is to reinstall the Productivity Pack.

MORE INFORMATION
One way of recovering the Productivity Pack groups and icons is to run the Productivity Pack Setup program. This will re-create all the groups and icons.

However, if you only deleted a few things, it may be easier to re-create them manually. Listed below are the contents of each program group and the correct properties that must be entered to create the icons that are normally generated by the Setup program.

PRODUCTIVITY PACK GROUP CONTENTS
Icon Description       Command Line

Learning Windows       C:\PRODPACK\LWIN.EXE

Quick Troubleshooter   C:\PRODPACK\QT.EXE LWINHELP.EXE TROUBLES.HLP

Working Smarter        C:\PRODPACK\LWINHELP.EXE SMARTER.HLP Note that the c:\prodpack portion of the paths listed above are simply the original program defaults. If you installed the Windows Productivity Pack to a different directory, insert the appropriate path.

TROUBLESHOOTER TOOLS GROUP CONTENTS
Icon Description       Command Line

View WIN.INI           NOTEPAD.EXE C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI View SYSTEM.INI        NOTEPAD.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI View AUTOEXEC.BAT      NOTEPAD.EXE C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT View CONFIG.SYS        NOTEPAD.EXE C:\CONFIG.SYS Control Panel          CONTROL.EXE File Manager           WINFILE.EXE PIF Editor             PIFEDIT.EXE Note that the C:\WINDOWS portion of the paths listed above are simply the original program defaults. If you installed Windows to a directory other than WINDOWS, insert the appropriate path.

The name of the group in which these icons reside must be called &quot;Troubleshooter Tools.&quot; You cannot shorten or change the name in any way because the Quick Troubleshooter is hard coded to look for that group name.

You may receive the following messages when you select an icon created from the Set Up Applications command of Windows Setup:

For information on setting up Windows icons, refer to pages 87-89 of the &quot;Microsoft Windows User's Guide.&quot;

Additional query words: 3.0 3.0a WPP1.00

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWinProdPack100