Wrkgrp.ini File Not Implemented When Installing from Network

• Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you place a Wrkgrp.ini file in a shared Windows folder to specify a list of workgroups that users can join, the contents of the Wrkgrp.ini file may not be implemented.

CAUSE

Shared Installations

When you are using a shared installation of Windows 95, the contents of the Wrkgrp.ini file are implemented only if the file is located in the System folder in the shared Windows folder on the network server. If the Wrkgrp.ini file is placed in the shared Windows folder, the contents of the file are not implemented.

Stand-Alone Installations

When you install Windows 95 from a shared Windows folder on a network server, but choose not to use a shared installation of Windows 95, the contents of the Wrkgrp.ini file are implemented only if the file is located in the Windows\System folder on your local hard disk. If the Wrkgrp.ini file is placed in the shared Windows folder on the network server, it is copied to your Windows folder when you install Windows 95 from the network server, not your Windows\System folder.

If you place the Wrkgrp.ini file in the System folder in the shared Windows folder on the network server, the file is not copied to your Windows\System folder when you install Windows 95 from the network server. Therefore, this problem occurs with stand-alone installations of Windows 95 even if the Wrkgrp.ini file is placed in the System folder in the shared Windows folder on the network server.

RESOLUTION

Shared Installations

If you are using a shared installation of Windows 95, you can work around this problem by copying the Wrkgrp.ini file to the System folder in the shared Windows folder on the network server.

Stand-Alone Installations

If you installed Windows 95 from a shared Windows folder on a network server, but chose not to use a shared installation of Windows, you can work around this problem by copying the Wrkgrp.ini file to the Windows\System folder on your local hard disk.

To prevent this problem from occurring with future stand-alone installations of Windows 95, you can modify the Msbatch.inf file so that the Wrkgrp.ini file is copied to the Windows\System folder on local hard disks. To do so, add the following lines to the Msbatch.inf file:

   [Install]
   CopyFiles=wrkgrp.ini.copy

   [wrkgrp.ini.copy]
   wrkgrp.ini

   [DestinationDirs]
   wrkgrp.ini.copy=11

   [Version]
   LayoutFile=Layout.inf

MORE INFORMATION

After you create a shared Windows folder on a network server from which users can install Windows 95, users can create their own shared installation or stand-alone installation of Windows 95. When a shared installation of Windows 95 is used, each user has a separate folder that contains the specific configuration information for his or her computer. The remainder of the Windows files are found in the shared Windows folder on the network server.

When a stand-alone installation of Windows 95 is used, all the Windows files are copied to the user's local hard disk. Even though Windows is installed from the network server, Windows does not need any files from the network server to run.