The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
SUMMARY
Visual FoxPro uses the Microsoft Setup program. It provides flexibility by
letting you install Visual FoxPro as well as remove parts of the
application components once the application has been installed. To
reinstall Win32s, it is necessary to remove the subsystem first. Then
invoke the maintenance mode of the Microsoft Setup. This article explains
the process of reinstalling Win32s in detail.
MORE INFORMATION
Visual FoxPro is a 32-bit application, so it requires a 32-bit operating
system. The Microsoft Setup system installs the Win32s operating system
under Windows and Windows for Workgroups to provide a 32-bit environment.
If you receive a Win32s error such as "Improper Installation," you might
need to reinstall the subsystem. However, you should use extreme caution
when proceeding. If you believe you have a faulty installation of the
Win32s operating system, and need to reinstall it, use the following
step-by-step procedure.
- Remove Win32s from your system.
a. Remove the following line in the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI
file:
device=<WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM>\win32s\w32s.386
Here <WINDOWS> and <SYSTEM> are where the Windows and System
directories are located.
b. Modify the following line in the [BOOT] section of the SYSTEM.INI
file:
drivers=mmsystem.dll, winmm16.dll
to the following (remove winmm16.dll):
drivers=mmsystem.dll
c. Delete the following files from the <WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM> subdirectory
or from the SYSTEM directory in network installations:
W32SYS.DLL
WIN32S16.DLL
WIN32S.INI
NOTE: In some instances the file WINMM16.DLL, located in the System
subdirectory, will also need to be deleted.
d. Delete all the files in the <WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM>\WIN32S subdirectory
or the <SYSTEM>\WIN32S subdirectory in network installations.
Then delete subdirectory itself.
e. Restart Windows.
NOTE: <WINDOWS> refers to the windows installation directory. On a
networked Windows installation, the system directory may be located on a
remote share. If you are only removing Win32s from your machine, then
you do not need to remove the shared files (in <SYSTEM> and
<SYSTEM>\WIN32S). Before removing these files from the network share,
make sure all users that use Win32s have removed the references to
Win32s from the SYSTEM.INI file.
- Reinstall Win32s.
Because the maintenance mode of the Microsoft Setup program is also
designed to reinstall system files, you can run the SETUP program to
reinstall Win32s. The maintenance mode of SETUP is started when SETUP
detects that a version of Visual FoxPro has been installed. When the
Setup Dialog is displayed, select the Add/Remove option, click the
Change Option button, and click the Win32s and OLE 2.02 check box option
to add Win32s.
If you prefer to have a clean installation of Visual FoxPro, you can
bypass the maintenance mode of the Visual FoxPro Setup by deleting the
FOXSET16.STF, FOXSET32.STF, or FOXSET95.STF files located in the
VFP\SETUP directory. Setup Table Files (STF) are text files that contain
information about your Setup. In particular, they report at which point
a maintenance mode installation should begin. Deleting the STF file will
force a new installation of Visual FoxPro.
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