Group Icons Missing After Windows 3.1 Installation

ID: Q85960

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

If group icons are missing when you start Microsoft Windows, you may have run the Windows 3.1 Setup program while virus-detection software was running in memory. Virus-detection software, such as Central Point Anti- Virus and Data Monitor (Datamon) from Symantec, may cause this problem.

WORKAROUND

There are several possible solutions to this problem:

Attempt to rebuild the groups. From the File menu of Program Manager, choose Run. Type the following in the command line dialog box:
setup /p

Manually edit the PROGMAN.INI file and make sure the settings are correct for your groups. Using the MS-DOS DIR command, get a listing of your group files, for example:
dir c:\windows\*.grp
Edit the PROGMAN.INI file with a text editor such at EDIT from MS-DOS 5.0. The file should look similar to the following example:
```
      [Settings]
      Window=28 30 626 373 1
      SaveSettings=1
      MinOnRun=0
      AutoArrange=0
      display.drv=VGA.DRV
      Order= 3 8 2 10 7

      [Groups]
      Group1=C:\WINDOWS\MAIN.GRP
      Order=2 3 1
      Group2=C:\WIN31\ACCESSOR.GRP
      Group3=C:\WIN31\GAMES.GRP 
```
You can ignore the [Settings] section, but the [Groups] section should contain references to the .GRP files you found in the WINDOWS directory when you did a directory listing (DIR).

If you installed Windows 3.1 into a new directory, you can restart the computer without loading the virus detection software, remove the current installation of Windows 3.1 from the hard drive, and run the Setup program again.

If you upgraded a Windows 3.0 installation to Windows 3.1, and the group icons are missing, restart the computer without loading the virus detection software, and run the Setup program again. If the problem persists, you may need to remove the current installation of Windows and run the Setup program again. This is the least favorable solution because some of your Windows-based applications may need to be reinstalled to function correctly.

Additional query words: 3.10 cpav tsr 3rdparty 3.11

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