Command-Line Switches for Windows 3.1 Setup

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

This article describes the various command-line switches for the Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1 Setup program.

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Command-Line Switches:

SETUP.EXE Run from MS-DOS

/N - Sets up a shared copy of Windows from a network server to a workstation or a user directory. This switch should be used when the you want to run Windows from a network server. In this mode, Setup only copies the few files that are necessary to personalize your Windows configuration. This is used after the SETUP /A.

/I - Ignores hardware detection. During Setup, you will need to check the accuracy of settings on the system information screen, and make corrections if needed. This switch should be used in cases where the hardware detection is suspected of causing Setup to fail.

/B - Sets up Windows with monochrome display attributes.

/T - Searches the hard drive for terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs, and notifies you about certain programs.

/C - Turns off the search for TSR programs.

/A - Administrative setup. It places Windows on a network server. Setup expands and copies all files on every disk to a given directory, and marks them read-only. After this is done, SETUP /N can be run from the workstation.

/O:filespec - Specifies the SETUP.INF file.

/S:filepath - Specifies a path to the setup disk(s).

/H:filespec - Batch mode setup. Sets up Windows with little or no user interaction. "Filespec" is the name of the system settings file that contains user's configuration settings. If "Filespec" is not in the directory from which Windows is being set up, the path must be included.

/? - Displays instructions for running Setup from the MS-DOS prompt.

SETUP.EXE Run from Windows

/P - When invoked with this switch, Setup will only create the default Program Manager groups.