Q96128: How Setup, MemMaker, and DoubleSpace Find Windows

Article: Q96128
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.22
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Last Modified: 21-NOV-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.22 
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This information applies to both Microsoft DoubleSpace and Microsoft
DriveSpace. For MS-DOS 6.22, use DRVSPACE in place of DBLSPACE for commands
and filenames.

SUMMARY
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Setup, MemMaker, and DoubleSpace need to locate the Windows directory on your
hard disk (if you have one).

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To find the Windows directory, Setup looks for the following three files:

  WIN.COM
  PROGMAN.INI
  SYSTEM.INI

When you run SETUP /E to install the optional utilities, Setup checks to make
sure your DOS directory is in the path and looks for one of the following files
in that directory: DISKCOPY.COM, FORMAT.COM, or SYS.COM.

MemMaker looks for the WINVER.EXE file.

DoubleSpace looks for the following three files:

  WINVER.EXE
  SYSTEM.INI
  WINFILE.INI

Additional query words: 6.00 setup.exe busetup.exe memmaker.exe dblspace dblspace.exe 6.20

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Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600
Version           : MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.22

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