1.3 Updating Your System Files

Once the installation is complete, you must update your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and may need to update your CONFIG.SYS file.

In your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, update the PATH, LIB, and INCLUDE environment variables so that they include the directories containing the Windows tools, libraries, and header files. For the names of the directories to include, see the README.TXT file. Install customizes README.TXT according to the directories you specified during installation and puts it in your directory for Windows development tools.

When you installed Windows version 3.1, your CONFIG.SYS file should have been updated to contain the correct settings for files and buffers. If not, add the following statements to your CONFIG.SYS file:

files=30
buffers=20

If you are using the SMARTDrive disk-caching utility, you may want to set buffers to 5. With SMARTDrive in use, setting buffers to 20 uses memory without increasing your system's speed.

After updating the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file, you must restart your computer for the changes to take effect.