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Q132274: Installing MS Plus! Does Not Prevent Windows 95 Uninstall

Article: Q132274
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:95; Win2000:95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win95
Last Modified: 18-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
- Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 
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SUMMARY
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When you are installing Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95, you receive the
following message:

  Disable Uninstall?
  If you continue, you will no longer be able to uninstall Windows 95.
  Do you want to continue?

It appears that if you click Yes, you will not be able to uninstall Windows 95.

MORE INFORMATION
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You can uninstall Windows 95 even if you click Yes. However, if you click Yes,
you cannot use the Microsoft Plus! Setup program to remove Microsoft Plus!. If
you uninstall Windows 95, the Microsoft Plus! files are left on the hard disk.

If you uninstall Windows 95, the following Microsoft Plus! files are left on the
hard disk:

Root Directory
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DRVBIN.BAK DBLBIN.BAK

C:\WINDOWS
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DRVEXE.BAK SCANDSKW.BAK CLIPEXE.001 CARVED~1.BMP

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS
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DRVVXD.BAK

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32
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MRCI2VXD.BAK

C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA
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THEMIC~1.WAV

C:\WINDOWS\STARTM~1\PROGRAMS\ACCESS~1\INTERN~1
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MSCREATE.DIR

C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
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DRVBIN.BAK DRVSYS.BAK SCANDISK.BAK

C:\WINDOWS\CURSORS
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APPLE.ANI BANANA.ANI COIN.ANI DINOSAUR.ANI FILLITUP.ANI HAND.ANI HORSE.ANI
PIANO.ANI SBUX2.ANI SIZENESW.ANI SIZENS.ANI SIZENWSE.ANI SIZEWE.ANI TV.ANI
WINFLAG.ANI

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
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DSKAPI16.DLL DSKAPI32.DLL NOMAINT.REG SAGE.EXE SAGE.DLL SAGE.VXD RNASERV.DLL
COOL.DLL PLUSTAB.DLL THEMES.CPL RESTORE.REG WILDLB32.DLL WL32DLL.DLL URL.DLL
INETCPL.CPL DANGER.DLL DAVINCI.DLL GOLDEN.DLL NATURE.DLL DIALMON.EXE INETCFG.DLL
INET16.DLL INETAB32.DLL MINET32.DLL ISO88591.TRN NORWEG.TRN SWEDISH.TRN
USASCII.TRN DSKMAINT.BAK KOMMCTRL.DLL

Also, a hidden directory called ~mssetup.t may be left on the hard disk.

Additional query words: w95set

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Keywords          : win95 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbGamesSearch kbPlusSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbPlus95
Version           : WINDOWS:95; Win2000:95

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