Microsoft Plus! Does Not Update Program Groups During Setup

• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you are using Program Manager (instead of Windows Explorer) as the shell in Windows 95, Microsoft Plus! Setup does not create or update program groups in Windows 95. The System Tools menu does not display the updated DriveSpace 3 item, and the Compression Agent, Internet Explorer, Internet Setup Wizard, and 3D Pinball items are not displayed on any menu.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if you are using Program Manager as the shell in Windows 95.

Although Program Manager is included with Windows 95, it has not been updated from earlier versions of Windows. Note that you may encounter several issues when you use Program Manager as the shell with Microsoft Plus!.

RESOLUTION

To resolve these issues, use Windows Explorer as the shell in Windows 95. To use Windows Explorer as the shell, follow these steps:

1. Click the Start button, and then click Run.

2. Type "system.ini" (without quotation marks) in the Open box, and then click OK.

3. In the [boot] section of the file, replace the line that reads

         shell=progman.exe
   

   with the following line:

         shell=explorer.exe
   

4. Save and then close the file.

5. Restart Windows 95.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Plus! version 1.0 for Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.