[Setup]

This section sets parameters for control of the Setup process.

Device Path

This parameter specifies whether Windows 95 should check a source installation path to find INF files, rather than looking only in the Windows INF directory when installing devices. If this parameter is set to 1, network administrators can later add INF files to a single source location to ensure that up-to-date drivers are installed any time a new device is installed on computers running Windows 95. However, set this value to 1 only if the installation source files are in a network directory (not floppy disks or CD).

Notice also that Devicepath=1 causes the entire INF database to be rebuilt each time a user changes a network component or changes drivers for any device.

Parameter

Devicepath

Values

0 = Do not add a source directory path for INFs
1 = Add the installation source directory to the path for finding INFs

Default

0


Emergency Startup Disk

This parameter specifies whether to create the emergency Startup Disk during Setup (the command-line override for this is /ie). For a setup script intended for hands-free installation, you might want to specify ebd=0 so that the user isn't prompted to insert or remove the floppy disk. If you need to specify ebd=1, you can also add a reboot=0 entry, so that Setup will not attempt to restart the computer while the floppy disk is in the drive.

Parameter

EBD

Values

0 = Do not create an emergency Startup Disk
1 = Create an emergency Startup Disk

Default

1


Express

This parameter specifies whether the user can provide input during Setup. If express=1, then Windows 95 Setup uses only the settings specified in MSBATCH.INF or built-in defaults and does not ask the user to confirm or enter input. This setting disables most of the user interface for Setup.

Parameter

Express

Values

0 = Allow user input
1 = Run Setup using only values in MSBATCH.INF

Default

0


Install Type

This parameter specifies the type of installation for Windows 95 Setup.

Parameter

InstallType

Values

0 = Compact
1 = Typical
2 = Portable
3 = Custom

Default

1


Installation Directory

This parameter specifies the directory where Windows 95 is to be installed or, for shared installations, the machine directory.

Parameter

InstallDir

Values

directory name

Default

Windows directory, if present


Pen Windows Warning

This parameter specifies whether to display a warning if an unknown version of Pen Windows is installed.

Parameter

PenWinWarning

Values

0 = Do not display the warning
1 = Display the warning

Default

1


Product ID

This parameter specifies the product ID for your site, which is printed on the Windows 95 compact disk or your Certification of Authenticity.

Parameter

ProductID

Values

string

Default

none


Save SUBOOT Directory

This parameter specifies whether to save the SUBOOT directory for Server-based Setup.

Parameter

SaveSuBoot

Values

0 = Delete SUBoot directory
1 = Save directory

Default

0


Time Zone

This parameter specifies the time zone to set on the computer.

Parameter

TimeZone

Values

String enclosed in quotation marks, as described in the following list

Default

The time zone currently set on the computer


Time zone strings

Afghanistan
Alaskan
Arabian
Atlantic
AUS Central
Azores
Bangkok
Canada Central
Cen. Australia
Central
Central Asia
Central Pacific
China

Czech
Dateline
E. Europe
E. South America
Eastern
Egypt
Fiji
GFT
GMT
Greenwich
Hawaiian
India
Iran

Israel
Lisbon Warsaw
Mexico
Mid-Atlantic
Mountain
New Zealand
Newfoundland
Pacific
Romance
Russian
SA Eastern
SA Pacific
SA Western

Samoa
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Sydney
Taipei
Tasmania
Tokyo
US Eastern
US Mountain
W. Europe
West Asia
West Pacific


Uninstall

This parameter is used to specify whether Setup should create a compressed backup version of the existing Windows and MS-DOS directories to be used for automatically uninstalling Windows 95. If you specify Uninstall=5, you also must add a value for BackupDir=path that specifies the directory where Setup should place the compressed backup files.

Parameter

Uninstall

Values

0 = Do not allow user to specify Uninstall options, and do not create backup files for uninstalling Windows 95
1 = Show Uninstall options for user to choose
5 = Do not show Uninstall options, but automatically create backup files for uninstalling Windows 95

Default

1


Verify

This parameter specifies whether to run Windows 95 Setup in Verify mode. This option is provided principally for use by OEMs. Most users have no reason to include this entry in a setup script.

Parameter

Verify

Values

0 = Do a full installation
1 = Run in Verify mode

Default

0


Version Checking

This parameter defines whether Windows 95 Setup will overwrite existing files automatically, even if the date of the local copy is later than the date for the file in the distribution source.

Parameter

VRC

Values

0 = Prompt user to confirm before overwriting more recent files
1 = Overwrite all without prompting for confirmation

Default

0