How to Manually Uninstall Microsoft Personal Web Server 1.0

• Microsoft Personal Web Server version 1.0 for Windows 95

SUMMARY

This article describes how to manually uninstall Personal Web Server version 1.0 if it does not appear on the list of installed programs in the Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel. To uninstall it if it does appear on the list of installed programs, click Personal Web Server on the list of installed programs, and then click Add/Remove.

MORE INFORMATION

To manually uninstall Personal Web Server version 1.0, use the following steps:

1. If the Personal Web Server service has already been uninstalled, skip to step 2. If the Personal Web Server service has not yet been uninstalled, use the following steps to uninstall it:
   
   
   1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network.
   
   
   
   2. In the list of installed network components, click Personal Web Server, and then click Remove.
   
   
   
   3. Click OK, and then restart your computer.
   
   
   



2. Restart your computer. When you see the "Starting Windows 95" message, press F8, and then choose Command Prompt Only. Type the following commands, pressing ENTER after each command:
   
   NOTE: If there are files in the Webshare folder you want to keep, copy the files to a different folder before you delete the Webshare folder. If you are using Microsoft FrontPage, your Web page files are in the Webshare folder.

   cd windows\system
   ren ftpsapi2.dll ftpsapi2.old
   ren infoadmn.dll infoadmn.old
   ren mswebab.dll mswebab.old
   ren mswebapi.dll mswebapi.old
   ren mswebcpl.cpl mswebcpl.old
   ren mswebcpl.hlp mswebcpl.ol2
   ren mswebsp.vxd mswebsp.old
   ren w3svapi.dll w3svapi.old

   NOTE: This procedure assumes you do not have files with these names with the .old extension. If you do have files with these names with the .old extension, use a file name extension that is not currently in use.



3. Restart your computer.

Additional query words: 1.00 mspws

Keywords : kbsetup mspwsw95
Version : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto