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Q117504: Prompted to Do Full Installation in Maintenance-Mode Setup

Article: Q117504
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 14-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 3.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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After you complete a network setup of Windows 3.1 (SETUP /N) and you later try
to perform a maintenance-mode setup for Windows 3.1 from your Windows directory,
you are prompted to perform a full installation, and you are not allowed to make
any changes to the system settings.

CAUSE
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Three files must be present in the Windows directory in order to run
maintenance-mode setup. These files are WIN.COM, SETUP.EXE, and WINVER.EXE. You
experience problems if all three files are not present. When you perform a
network installation of Windows using the SETUP/N command, the setup routine
places a minimal number of Windows files in the local Windows directory.
SETUP.EXE, by default, is not installed in the local Windows directory.

RESOLUTION
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To correct this problem, copy SETUP.EXE to the local Windows directory from Disk
1 of the Windows distribution disk set or from the shared Windows directory.

Additional query words: 3.10 3.1

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.11

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