Windows Productivity Pack Installation Deletes Other Groups (73794)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 3.0
- Microsoft Windows 3.0a
This article was previously published under Q73794 SUMMARY
If you install the Windows Productivity Pack when you have a damaged
program group or PROGMAN.INI, you will lose all of your current
program groups except for the new ones created by the Productivity
Pack installation. You can tell if you have a damaged PROGMAN.INI or
group file because you will receive the following Windows error message
when you start Windows.
Group File Error
Cannot Open Program Group File
"filename"
WARNING: DO NOT install the Windows Productivity Pack if you receive this
error message.
MORE INFORMATIONSteps to Recover Lost Program Groups
When the Windows Productivity Pack installs, it first makes a backup
copy of your WIN.INI and PROGMAN.INI files and names them with .BAK
extensions. To restore your original program groups, rename WIN.BAK to
WIN.INI and PROGMAN.BAK to PROGMAN.INI, and restart Windows. This
should restore Windows to its pre-Productivity Pack condition. Once
your groups are restored, correct the Group File error that caused the
problem, and reinstall the Windows Productivity Pack.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Windows Productivity
Pack version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here as it becomes available.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/7/2005 |
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| Keywords: | KB73794 |
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