Microsoft KB Archive/66498

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Productivity Pack Setup Must Be Run from MS-DOS Command Prompt

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Q66498

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a

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SUMMARY
The Microsoft Productivity Pack for Windows Setup program is MS-DOS based, not Windows based. It cannot be run from inside Windows or from MS-DOS Prompt under Windows. To install the Productivity Pack, first exit Windows completely.

To run Setup, do the following:


 * 1) If you have 5.25-inch disks, switch to the drive containing Setup Disk 1. If you have 3.5-inch disks, switch to the drive containing Setup Disk 1 and Setup Disk 2.
 * 2) From the MS-DOS command prompt of that drive, type setup.

MORE INFORMATION
If you type &quot;a:setup&quot; from the MS-DOS command prompt on drive C, the

Bad Command or File Name

error message is generated.

If you attempt to run the Productivity Pack for Windows Setup program from inside Windows, your system will do the following:


 * 1) Attempt to start the Setup program on the disk and fail.
 * 2) Scan your hard drive for a Windows program named Setup.
 * 3) Find the Windows Setup utility.