Microsoft KB Archive/67992

= How Microsoft MS-DOS 5 Upgrade Locates DOS Subdirectory =

Article ID: 67992

Article Last Modified on 11/24/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q67992



SUMMARY
Microsoft MS-DOS 5 Upgrade SETUP.EXE identifies where your previous DOS files were kept on your hard drive.



MORE INFORMATION
The Microsoft MS-DOS 5 Upgrade's Setup program searches the first active partition of the first physical hard drive for the following files:   FORMAT.COM    FORMAT.EXE DISKCOPY.COM DISKCOPY.EXE BASIC.COM    BASIC.EXE GWBASIC?.COM GWBASIC?.EXE SYS.COM      SYS.EXE If only one directory contains any of these files, that directory is used. If the above files are split between multiple directories, a directory will be chosen based upon the following criteria, in the following order:
 * The first directory found with three matches -or-


 * The first directory found with two matches -or-
 * The first directory found with one match

If no matches for the above files are found, the \DOS directory is used by default.

Additional query words: 5.00 noupd 5.00a

Keywords: KB67992

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