Network Setup with Customized SETUP.INF Doesn't Work

ID: Q115925

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11

SYMPTOMS

When you try to install Microsoft Windows or Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 or later with a customized network installation, you receive the following error message:

Windows Setup

Cannot find the SETUP.INF file necessary to run Setup. Be sure that the file is in a directory of the default path.

For example, using the following command could generate the above error message

setup /n /o:example.inf

where /o: is pointing to a customized SETUP.INF file (in this case, EXAMPLE.INF).

Also, no customized files specified to be copied in the [win.copy] section (or similar sections) are actually copied, and no new Program Manager groups are created.

CAUSE

This error occurs because the character-mode portion of the Windows Setup program uses the customized name for the SETUP.INF file, but the graphical portion of Setup expects to find the actual SETUP.INF filename.

WORKAROUND

To avoid this error, you must not use the /O switch when you use the /N option. If you need customized setup files, make a backup copy of SETUP.INF, then copy your customized .INF (EXAMPLE.INF in the example above) over SETUP.INF and run SETUP /N.

MORE INFORMATION

Additional query words: 3.11 3.1 3.10

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