Productivity Pack Setup Must Be Run from MS-DOS Command Prompt (66498)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Windows 3.0a
This article was previously published under Q66498

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Productivity Pack for Windows Setup program is MS-DOS based, not Windows based. It cannot be run from inside Windows or from MS-DOS Prompt under Windows. To install the Productivity Pack, first exit Windows completely.

To run Setup, do the following:
  1. If you have 5.25-inch disks, switch to the drive containing Setup Disk 1. If you have 3.5-inch disks, switch to the drive containing Setup Disk 1 and Setup Disk 2.
  2. From the MS-DOS command prompt of that drive, type setup.

MORE INFORMATION

If you type "a:setup" from the MS-DOS command prompt on drive C, the
Bad Command or File Name
error message is generated.

If you attempt to run the Productivity Pack for Windows Setup program from inside Windows, your system will do the following:
  1. Attempt to start the Setup program on the disk and fail.
  2. Scan your hard drive for a Windows program named Setup.
  3. Find the Windows Setup utility.

NOTES

If you attempt to run the Productivity Pack for Windows Setup program from Windows, you will instead be offered the dialog box where you can change your device driver settings for Windows.

Running the Productivity Pack for Windows Setup program from MS-DOS under Windows may appear to work correctly. However, it can cause incorrect or corrupted installations of the Productivity Pack.

The correct instructions are included on the disk label and in the "Set up & Learn" documentation included with the Productivity Pack for Windows. If the instructions are followed precisely, there should be no problems with installation.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/7/2005
Keywords:KB66498
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