Reinstalling Windows 3.10 Files over Windows 3.11

• Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

This article describes how reconfigure your Windows 3.11 installation to run Windows 3.10 using your original Windows 3.10 disks.

MORE INFORMATION

To install Windows 3.10 files over a local installation of Windows 3.11:

1. Quit Microsoft Windows.



2. Create a backup directory. For example, to create a backup directory off the root of drive C, type md c:\backup at the MS-DOS command prompt and then press ENTER.



3. Copy the files listed below from your Windows SYSTEM subdirectory to the backup directory or a floppy disk.

   COMMDLG.DLL
   GDI.EXE
   KRNL386.EXE
   PSCRIPT.DRV
   SHELL.DLL
   UNIDRV.DLL
   USER.EXE

   To do this, use the following syntax

   copy <drive>:\<windir>\system\<filename> <drive>:\<backdir>

   where <drive> is your hard disk drive, <windir> is your Windows directory, <filename> is the file you are copying, and <backdir> is your backup directory.
   
   For example, if your hard disk drive is C, your Windows directory is named WINDOWS, you are copying COMMDLG.DLL, and your backup directory is named C:\BACKUP, type the following:

   copy c:\windows\system\commdlg.dll c:\backup

   Repeat this command for the remaining files.



4. Using the table at the end of this article, insert the appropriate disks, one by one, and expand the following files to your Windows SYSTEM subdirectory.

   COMMDLG.DL_
   GDI.EX_
   KRNL386.EX_
   PSCRIPT.DR_
   UNIDRV.DL_
   SHELL.DL_
   USER.EX_

   For example, insert Disk 4 of the 3.5 inch, 1.44-megabyte (MB) disk set and type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt:

   expand a:\commdlg.dl_ c:\windows\system\commdlg.dll

   PSCRIPT.DR_ should be expanded to PSCRIPT.DRV, .DL_ files should be expanded to .DLL, and .EX_ files should be expanded to .EXE.
   
   NOTE: After you copy the new USER.EXE file to your Windows SYSTEM subdirectory, your registered user and company name will be blank.



5. If you use Novell NetWare connectivity, do the following:
   
   
   1. Use a text editor (such as Windows Notepad) to open your SYSTEM.INI file, which is located in your Windows directory.
   
   
   
   2. In the [386Enh] section, change DEVICE=VTDA.386 to DEVICE=*VTD.
   
   
   
   3. Save the file and quit the text editor.
   
   
   

1. Determine the location of your SYSTEM.INI file and the network share that contains your shared Windows files. For example, if the network drive containing your Windows program files is Q, the location of your shared Windows files may be Q:\WINSHARE and your user directory may be Q:\USER\YOURNAME (or your user directory may be located on your local hard disk drive).



2. Quit Microsoft Windows.



3. Create a backup directory. For example, to create a backup directory off the root of drive C, type MD C:\BACKUP at the MS-DOS command prompt and then press ENTER.



4. Copy the following files from the network share to the backup directory on your hard disk drive using the following syntax at the MS-DOS command prompt and then press ENTER.
   
   

   copy <netdrive>:\<netshare>\<filename> <harddrive>:\<backdir>

   where <netdrive> is the network drive, <netshare> is the network share containing your SYSTEM.INI file, <filename> is the file you are copying, <harddrive> is your hard disk drive, and <backdir> is your backup directory.
   
   For example, if your network drive is Q, the network share is WINSHARE, the file you want to copy is COMMDLG.DLL, your hard disk drive is C, and your backup directory is named C:\BACKUP, type the following:

   copy q:\winshare\commdlg.dll c:\backup

   Repeat this command for the remaining files:

   COMMDLG.DLL
   GDI.EXE
   KRNL386.EXE
   PSCRIPT.DRV
   UNIDRV.DLL
   SHELL.DLL
   USER.EXE




5. Remove the read-only file attributes on the shared Windows files using the MS-DOS ATTRIB command.



6. Using the table at the end of this article, insert the appropriate disks, one by one, and expand the following files to the network drive and share that contains your Windows files:

   COMMDLG.DL_
   GDI.EX_
   KRNL386.EX_
   PSCRIPT.DR_
   UNIDRV.DL_
   SHELL.DL_
   USER.EX_

   For example, insert Disk 4 of the 5.25-inch, 1.2-MB disk set and type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt:

   expand a:\commdlg.dl_ q:\winshare\commdlg.dll

   PSCRIPT.DR_ should be expanded to PSCRIPT.DRV, .DL_ files should be expanded to .DLL, and .EX_ files should be expanded to .EXE.
   
   NOTE: After you copy the new USER.EXE file to your Windows SYSTEM subdirectory, your registered user and company name will be blank.



7. Reset the read-only file attributes on the shared Windows files using the MS-DOS ATTRIB command.



8. If you use Novell NetWare connectivity, do the following:
   
   
   1. Use a text editor (such as Windows Notepad) to open your SYSTEM.INI file.
   
   
   
   2. In the [386Enh] section, change DEVICE=VTDA.386 to DEVICE=*VTD.
   
   
   
   3. Save the file and quit the text editor.
   
   
   

DISK LOCATION OF FILES TO EXPAND

                                        Disk Number
Filename      5.25-inch, 1.2-MB    3.5-inch, 1.44-MB    3.5-inch, 720K
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COMMDLG.DL_            4                     4                    10
GDI.EX_                1                     1                     3
KRNL386.EX_            2                     2                     4
PSCRIPT.DR_            7                     6                    11
SHELL.DL_              5                     4                     8
UNIDRV.DL_             7                     6                    12
USER.EX_               3                     2                     2 

Additional query words: appnote 3.10 3.11

Keywords : win31
Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11
Platform : WINDOWS
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