Article ID: 94333
Article Last Modified on 11/26/1999
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
- Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q94333
SYMPTOMS
If you do not install MS-DOS 6 or later Upgrade in the current MS-DOS directory, your old SETVER entries are not maintained.
CAUSE
When you install MS-DOS Upgrade, Setup updates the current version table (maintained in SETVER.EXE). If you install MS-DOS Upgrade in a new directory, Setup cannot update the old version table.
MORE INFORMATION
When you install MS-DOS Upgrade to your existing MS-DOS directory, Setup updates your existing SETVER.EXE version table. When updating SETVER.EXE, Setup does not overwrite exiting entries, even if the new setver table contains a different version. For example, if your SETVER.EXE table has a NETX.EXE 5.00 entry, MS-DOS 6.2 Upgrade Setup does not replace it with the new default for NETX.EXE (which is NETX.EXE 6.00).
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem:
- Update the new SETVER.EXE file, adding the entries that your software requires. -or-
- Uninstall MS-DOS and reinstall MS-DOS Upgrade in the original MS-DOS directory.
Additional query words: 6.22 6.20 6.00 5.00
Keywords: KB94333
