PRB: Setup Toolkit's SETUP.EXE Does Not Launch Windows

Last reviewed: July 23, 1997
Article ID: Q92524

3.10 WINDOWS kbsetup kbtool kbprg kbprb

The information in this article applies to:

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

SYMPTOMS

SETUP.EXE, from the Setup toolkit, displays the message "This program requires Microsoft Windows" when run from the MS-DOS prompt. At other times, SETUP.EXE successfully launches Windows and runs.

CAUSE

The MS-DOS stub program for SETUP.EXE attempts to launch WIN.COM. The stub program can do this only if the length of the path to WIN.COM is less than or equal to the length of the path to SETUP.EXE, rounded up to the nearest multiple of 16. If the path to WIN.COM is longer than this, then the stub program displays the message above and returns.

RESOLUTION

Run the Setup program from Windows.

Additional reference words: 3.10 MSSETUP tool kit
KBCategory: kbsetup kbtool kbprg kbprb
KBSubcategory: TlsMss
Keywords : kb16bitonly

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Last reviewed: July 23, 1997
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