Installing MS Plus! Does Not Prevent Windows 95 Uninstall

ID: Q132274

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95

SUMMARY

When you are installing Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95, you receive the following message:


   Disable Uninstall?
   If you continue, you will no longer be able to uninstall Windows 95.
   Do you want to continue?

It appears that if you click Yes, you will not be able to uninstall Windows 95.

MORE INFORMATION

You can uninstall Windows 95 even if you click Yes. However, if you click Yes, you cannot use the Microsoft Plus! Setup program to remove Microsoft Plus!. If you uninstall Windows 95, the Microsoft Plus! files are left on the hard disk.

If you uninstall Windows 95, the following Microsoft Plus! files are left on the hard disk:

Root Directory

DRVBIN.BAK DBLBIN.BAK

C:\WINDOWS

DRVEXE.BAK SCANDSKW.BAK CLIPEXE.001 CARVED~1.BMP

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS

DRVVXD.BAK

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32

MRCI2VXD.BAK

C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA

THEMIC~1.WAV

C:\WINDOWS\STARTM~1\PROGRAMS\ACCESS~1\INTERN~1

MSCREATE.DIR

C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND

DRVBIN.BAK DRVSYS.BAK SCANDISK.BAK

C:\WINDOWS\CURSORS

APPLE.ANI BANANA.ANI COIN.ANI DINOSAUR.ANI FILLITUP.ANI HAND.ANI HORSE.ANI PIANO.ANI SBUX2.ANI SIZENESW.ANI SIZENS.ANI SIZENWSE.ANI SIZEWE.ANI TV.ANI WINFLAG.ANI

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

DSKAPI16.DLL DSKAPI32.DLL NOMAINT.REG SAGE.EXE SAGE.DLL SAGE.VXD RNASERV.DLL COOL.DLL PLUSTAB.DLL THEMES.CPL RESTORE.REG WILDLB32.DLL WL32DLL.DLL URL.DLL INETCPL.CPL DANGER.DLL DAVINCI.DLL GOLDEN.DLL NATURE.DLL DIALMON.EXE INETCFG.DLL INET16.DLL INETAB32.DLL MINET32.DLL ISO88591.TRN NORWEG.TRN SWEDISH.TRN USASCII.TRN DSKMAINT.BAK KOMMCTRL.DLL

Also, a hidden directory called ~mssetup.t may be left on the hard disk.

Keywords : winplus win95 plus wpp95
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS
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