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Q58262: Location of Installed Windows 3.0 Drivers

Article: Q58262
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 26-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a 
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SUMMARY
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The information in this article is specific to Microsoft Windows version 3.0.

The following is a list of the installed locations of drivers included with
Windows 3.0:

  Driver        Location
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  RAMDRIVE.SYS  Windows 3.00 directory
  SMARTDRV.SYS  Windows 3.00 directory
  EMM386.SYS    Windows 3.00 directory
  EGA.SYS       Windows 3.00 directory
  MOUSE.COM     Windows 3.00 directory (optional)
  MOUSE.SYS     Windows 3.00 directory (optional)
  MOUSEHP.COM   Windows 3.00 directory (optional)
  MOUSEHP.SYS   Windows 3.00 directory (optional)
  HIMEM.SYS     Root directory of Drive C

MORE INFORMATION
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Mouse drivers are copied to the hard drive only if they are needed to replace an
existing older version of the same driver.

HIMEM.SYS is copied to the root directory of Drive C because of potential
problems with hard drive partitioning drivers.

HIMEM.SYS is always placed first in the CONFIG.SYS file. If Windows is installed
on a drive other than C:, and a hard drive partitioning driver is used,
HIMEM.SYS will be listed before the partitioning driver and thus will not load
because its drive is not present before the partitioning driver is loaded.
Always placing HIMEM.SYS in the root directory of C: solves this problem.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a

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