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First post, by VladoT

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I have installed Windows 3.0 on my 386 and copied the whole contents of the C:\WINDOWS folder on my 486 but I put it in the C:\WIN30 directory because there is already a copy of Windows 3.11 on that computer residing in C:\WINDOWS.
The problem is that Windows 3.0 still tries to load drivers from the C:\WINDOWS directory instead of the C:\WIN30 and fails. I have searched for an entry in SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI files for the installation directory however there is none. So the question is: Where is the information about Windows installation directory stored and how can I change it from the default C:\WINDOWS to the C:\WIN30?

Reply 1 of 4, by Grzyb

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It's not a good idea to copy the installed Windows from one machine to another - you better install it again from scratch.

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Reply 2 of 4, by Jo22

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Hi, I never had that issue. Renaming worked for me.
Paths should be in win.ini, system.ini and progman.ini (group files).
I suspect that the drivers here may have their own config files.

Edit: You can try editing setup.inf in \system directory.
It has a defdir = c:\windows setting.

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Reply 3 of 4, by VladoT

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YES! That totaly fixed the problem, thank you.

Reply 4 of 4, by Jo22

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You're welcome, glad it worked. ^^

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In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel

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