Q66731: Windows 3.0 Setup Hangs Disk #2 with Invalid Directory

Article: Q66731
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 12-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a 
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The Microsoft Windows version 3.0 Setup program hangs on Disk 2 if you
specify an invalid directory.

For example, if you shorten the given directory C:\WINDOWS by typing
over it and removing the remaining characters with the SPACEBAR, you
have just entered spaces to a directory name. You must delete the
remaining characters (use the DEL key).

You must use valid characters when making a directory with MS-DOS, but if
you use a space within a directory name with Windows 3.0 Setup, Windows
lets you continue and does not detect that you just made an invalid
directory. MS-DOS does not let you do this.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a \* 31check - Please comment this article if it applies to later versions of Windows. NoWin4

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

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