Windows 3.0 Setup Hangs Disk #2 with Invalid Directory

ID: Q66731


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a

The Microsoft Windows version 3.0 Setup program hangs on Disk 2 if you specify an invalid directory.

For example, if you shorten the given directory C:\WINDOWS by typing over it and removing the remaining characters with the SPACEBAR, you have just entered spaces to a directory name. You must delete the remaining characters (use the DEL key).

You must use valid characters when making a directory with MS-DOS, but if you use a space within a directory name with Windows 3.0 Setup, Windows lets you continue and does not detect that you just made an invalid directory. MS-DOS does not let you do this.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a \* 31check - Please comment this article if it applies to later versions of Windows. NoWin4

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Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
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Last Reviewed: November 8, 1999
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