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Q141158: Wrkgrp.ini File Not Implemented When Installing from Network

Article: Q141158
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win95
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you place a Wrkgrp.ini file in a shared Windows folder to specify a list of
workgroups that users can join, the contents of the Wrkgrp.ini file may not be
implemented.

CAUSE
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Shared Installations
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When you are using a shared installation of Windows 95, the contents of the
Wrkgrp.ini file are implemented only if the file is located in the System folder
in the shared Windows folder on the network server. If the Wrkgrp.ini file is
placed in the shared Windows folder, the contents of the file are not
implemented.

Stand-Alone Installations
-------------------------

When you install Windows 95 from a shared Windows folder on a network server, but
choose not to use a shared installation of Windows 95, the contents of the
Wrkgrp.ini file are implemented only if the file is located in the
Windows\System folder on your local hard disk. If the Wrkgrp.ini file is placed
in the shared Windows folder on the network server, it is copied to your Windows
folder when you install Windows 95 from the network server, not your
Windows\System folder.

If you place the Wrkgrp.ini file in the System folder in the shared Windows
folder on the network server, the file is not copied to your Windows\System
folder when you install Windows 95 from the network server. Therefore, this
problem occurs with stand-alone installations of Windows 95 even if the
Wrkgrp.ini file is placed in the System folder in the shared Windows folder on
the network server.

RESOLUTION
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Shared Installations
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If you are using a shared installation of Windows 95, you can work around this
problem by copying the Wrkgrp.ini file to the System folder in the shared
Windows folder on the network server.

Stand-Alone Installations
-------------------------

If you installed Windows 95 from a shared Windows folder on a network server, but
chose not to use a shared installation of Windows, you can work around this
problem by copying the Wrkgrp.ini file to the Windows\System folder on your
local hard disk.

To prevent this problem from occurring with future stand-alone installations of
Windows 95, you can modify the Msbatch.inf file so that the Wrkgrp.ini file is
copied to the Windows\System folder on local hard disks. To do so, add the
following lines to the Msbatch.inf file:

  [Install]
  CopyFiles=wrkgrp.ini.copy

  [wrkgrp.ini.copy]
  wrkgrp.ini

  [DestinationDirs]
  wrkgrp.ini.copy=11

Also, make sure that the following lines are present in the Msbatch.inf file:

  [Version]
  LayoutFile=Layout.inf

MORE INFORMATION
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After you create a shared Windows folder on a network server from which users
can install Windows 95, users can create their own shared installation or
stand-alone installation of Windows 95. When a shared installation of Windows 95
is used, each user has a separate folder that contains the specific
configuration information for his or her computer. The remainder of the Windows
files are found in the shared Windows folder on the network server.

When a stand-alone installation of Windows 95 is used, all the Windows files are
copied to the user's local hard disk. Even though Windows is installed from the
network server, Windows does not need any files from the network server to run.

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Keywords          : win95 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : 95

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