Microsoft KB Archive/84349

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Windows 3.1 Does Not Install MS-DOS Mouse Driver

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Q84349

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

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SUMMARY
Microsoft Windows version 3.1 Setup does not expand MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS into the Windows directory unless MOUSE.SYS is loaded from the CONFIG.SYS file or MOUSE.COM is loaded from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

MORE INFORMATION
To expand these files into the Windows directory, use one of the following commands at the command prompt

"expand a:\mouse.co_ c:\windows\mouse.com" -or-

"expand a:\mouse.sy_ c:\windows\mouse.sys" where the files are located on the following disks:

  Filename     Filename           Disk Number          File Size (Expanded)  (Compressed)  1.44MB  1.2MB   720K   (Compd)  (Expnd) --    --  -      ---  ---

MOUSE.COM   MOUSE.CO_       4       4       A    31,328   56,408 MOUSE.SYS   MOUSE.SY_       4       5       A    30,733   55,160 When installing the Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1, if the Microsoft Mouse driver is loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file (as in the example below), it is possible that Setup will not detect the MS-DOS- level Microsoft Mouse driver:

"install=mouse.com" Additional query words: 3.10 3.11

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Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbWin310 kbWin311