HOWTO: Restore Corrupt or Deleted Visual C++ Group File
ID: Q97048
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, 16-bit edition, versions 1.0, 1.5
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Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 4.0, 5.0
SUMMARY
If the Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) program group in Microsoft Windows
Program Manager becomes corrupted or if it is deleted, you can use the
MSVC Setup program to restore the group.
MORE INFORMATION
If you specify the /F option switch on the MSVC Setup command line,
Setup does not copy any files. It only updates the MSVC group in Program
Manager and the SYSTEM.INI and TOOLS.INI files. To create or restore the
MSVC group, perform the following five steps:
- Insert Microsoft Visual C++ Disk 1 into a floppy disk drive or insert
the Microsoft Visual C++ CD into your CD-ROM drive. The following
instructions assume that this drive is drive X.
- In the Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.
- If you are using Visual C++ for Windows 1.0 or 1.5 or Visual C++ 32-bit
Edition version 1.0, enter the following command line in the Run dialog
box:
x:setup /F
Note: The "F" must be an uppercase letter.
In Visual C++ 2.0, the setup program does not accept the /F parameter.
Use the following command in the Run dialog box instead:
x:\msvc20\vcsetup /f
In Visual C++ 4.0, the AUTOVC.EXE program does not accept any
parameters. Instead, use the following command line in the Run dialog
box:
x:\msdev\setup /F
In Visual C++ 5.0, use the following command line in the Run dialog box:
x:\DevStudio\Vc\setup /F
- Click OK.
- Specify information about your system according to the instructions
in the Setup program. When Setup runs, it does not copy any files
but it does create the appropriate program groups and icons. Toward
the end of the process, accept the default option to write the
SYSTEM.INI and TOOLS.INI files to a different name if asked (to prevent
the new information from overwriting the current files). When Setup is
complete, it is not necessary to restart Windows.
Even though Setup does not copy any files, it displays every screen
(checking for available disk space, and so on). Furthermore, the Visual C++
for Windows NT Setup program prompts the user to register environment
variables (which is one method to register the environment variables if you
have not already done so).
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Keywords : kbsetup kbVC100 kbVC150 kbVC200 kbVC210 kbVC400 kbVC500 vc10setup vc15setup vc20setup
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,1.5; winnt:1.0,2.0,2.1,4.0,5.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbhowto
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