Windows 3.1 Does Not Install MS-DOS Mouse Driver

 Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q84349
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

Microsoft Windows version 3.1 Setup does not expand MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS into the Windows directory unless MOUSE.SYS is loaded from the CONFIG.SYS file or MOUSE.COM is loaded from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

MORE INFORMATION

To expand these files into the Windows directory, use one of the following commands at the command prompt 

   expand a:\mouse.co_ c:\windows\mouse.com
-or- 

   expand a:\mouse.sy_ c:\windows\mouse.sys
where the files are located on the following disks: 

   Filename     Filename           Disk Number          File Size
   (Expanded)   (Compressed)  1.44MB  1.2MB   720K   (Compd)  (Expnd)
   ----------   ------------  ------  -----   ----   -------  -------

   MOUSE.COM    MOUSE.CO_       4       4       A    31,328   56,408
   MOUSE.SYS    MOUSE.SY_       4       5       A    30,733   55,160
When installing the Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1, if the Microsoft Mouse driver is loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file (as in the example below), it is possible that Setup will not detect the MS-DOS- level Microsoft Mouse driver: 

   install=mouse.com

KBCategory: kbsetup kbprb kbhw
KBSubcategory: win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.11

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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