Copying Individual Components from the Win SDK 3.1 Disks

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1

SUMMARY

The installation program for the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) version 3.1 does not provide an option to copy individual SDK components from the distribution disks. Each time the SDK installation program is run, it calculates the amount of disk space required to install the required components and any requested optional components. Because the installation does not proceed unless the calculated amount of disk space is free, it may be necessary to remove the existing SDK installation before using the installation program.

However, the EXPAND utility can be used to copy individual files from the installation disks to the hard drive. It is necessary to use the EXPAND utility because the files on the SDK distribution floppy disks are in a compressed format. The EXPAND utility is provided with Windows 3.1 and also with MS-DOS 5.0.

The Windows SDK 3.1 is also distributed on CD-ROM (compact disk read- only memory). Because files on the CD-ROM are not compressed, any MS-DOS file copy utility can copy these files to the hard disk.

For more information on installing the Windows SDK version 3.1, including an article that provides the recommended installation procedure, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   windows and sdk and setupinst