Microsoft KB Archive/120486

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HOWTO: Remove Win32s

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Q120486

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Win32s versions 1, 1.1, 1.15, 1.2, 1.3c

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SUMMARY
To remove Win32s:

  Remove the following line from the [386Enh] section in the System.ini file: device=\\win32s\w32s.386 where  and  are where the Windows and System directories are, respectively.   Modify the following line from the [BOOT] section in the System.ini file drivers=mmsystem.dll winmm16.dll to the following (remove Winmm16.dll):  Delete the following files from the \ subdirectory or from the SYSTEM directory in network installations: Delete all the files in the <WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM>\WIN32S subdirectory or the <SYSTEM>\WIN32S subdirectory in network installations. Then delete subdirectory itself.</li> Restart Windows.

NOTE: It may not be possible to delete W32SYS.DLL while Windows is running. This occurs if you ran some Win32 application. It is recommended that you remove Win32s while in MS-DOS, not from an MS-DOS box.

NOTE: <WINDOWS> refers to the windows installation directory. On a networked Windows installation, the system directory may be located on a remote share. If you are only removing Win32s from your machine, then you do not need to remove the shared files (in <SYSTEM> and <SYSTEM>\WIN32S). Before removing these files from the network share, make sure that all users that use Win32s have removed the references to Win32s from the SYSTEM.INI file.</li></ol>

MORE INFORMATION
This information can be found in the Win32s Programmer's Reference help file.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.10 1.15 1.20 1.30c

Keywords : kbsetup kbOSWin32s kbhowto kbwin32sfaq

Issue type : kbhowto

Technology : kbWin32sSearch kbWin32s110 kbWin32s115 kbWin32s120 kbWin32s130c