Folders/Shortcuts Re-created When You Run Setup Again (133284)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q133284

SYMPTOMS

When you run Setup to install Windows 95 over an existing installation of Windows 95, some folders and shortcuts that you may have removed from the Start menu are re-created.

The following actions can also re-create folders and shortcuts that you have removed:
  • Running the following command:

    grpconv /m

  • Double-clicking a .grp file.
  • Double-clicking Runonce.exe in the Windows\System folder.

CAUSE

When a Windows 3.x program group is converted, the .grp file is not removed from the Windows folder. Each time you run Setup, it searches for and converts all the .grp files.

RESOLUTION

After you run Setup successfully, remove all the .grp files and the Progman.ini file from the Windows folder.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

During the Run Once portion of Setup, Setup searches for all the Windows 3.x program group files and converts them to shortcuts on the Start menu. If you run Setup (or the group converter tool or Runonce.exe) again, all the group files are converted to shortcuts again.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119941 How to Rebuild, Convert, Troubleshoot Folders in Windows 95

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/17/2000
Keywords:KB133284
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