Win32s Files that Must Ship with Win32 Applications

ID: Q115085

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 1.0

SUMMARY

Chapter 9 of the Visual C++ "Programming Techniques" manual includes information on what the setup program for a Win32 application must do when installing on Windows Microsoft Visual C++ 32-bit Edition, version 1.0. However, this documentation does not cover which Win32s files should be copied and from where they should be copied. This additional information is located in the "Win32s Programmer's Reference" (WIN32.HLP), which is included with the Win32 SDK.

NOTE: This information is specific to the version of Win32s that is supplied with Visual C++ 32-bit Edition and does not apply to Win32s, versions 1.15 or 1.2.

MORE INFORMATION

Install the following Win32s files in the <windows>\system directory (where <windows> is the drive and directory that Windows has been installed in, such as c:\windows):
```
      olecli.dll
      w32sys.dll
      win32s.ini*
      win32s16.dll
      winmm16.dll 
```
* The WIN32S.INI file is not shipped as part of Win32s, but should be created during setup as shown below.

Install the following Win32s files in the <windows>\system\win32s directory:


      advapi32.dll    mpr.dll         user32.dll
      comdlg32.dll    netapi32.dll    version.dll
      crtdll.dll      ntdll.dll       w32s.386
      c_1252.nls      olecli32.dll    w32skrnl.dll
      c_437.nls       olesvr32.dll    win32s.exe
      c_850.nls       sck16thk.dll    winmm.dll
      gdi32.dll       shell32.dll     winspool.drv
      kernel32.dll    unicode.nls     wsock32.dll
      lz32.dll

Add a "device=" line to the [386Enh] section as follows:


      [386Enh]
      device=c:\windows\system\win32s\w32s.386

Add "winmm16.dll" to the "device=" line as follows:


      [Boot]
      device=mmsytem.dll winmm16.dll

In the \windows\system directory, create or update a WIN32S.INI file that includes the following information :
```
      [Win32s]
      Setup=1
      Version=1.1.0.0
      [Nls]
      AnsiCP=1252 
```

REFERENCE

For further information on Win32s redistributable files, please refer to the License Agreement (included with Visual C++).

Additional query words: kbinf 1.00

Keywords : kbWin32s
Version : 1.00
Platform : NT WINDOWS
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