How to Uninstall BallPoint Mouse from Windows 3.0 (75216)



The information in this article applies to:

  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 3.0a
  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft BallPoint Mouse 1.0
  • Microsoft Mouse driver for MS-DOS 8.x
  • Microsoft Mouse driver for MS-DOS 9.0
  • Microsoft Mouse Driver for Windows 9.0
  • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 3.11

This article was previously published under Q75216

SUMMARY

Installing a BallPoint Mouse for MS-DOS and Windows modifies the AUTOEXEC.BAT and Windows 3.0 SYSTEM.INI files, as well as create a new program group in Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

To have Windows load the original MOUSE.DRV, do the following:
  1. In the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, remove the following line:
          set mouse=c:\ballpt
    						
  2. In the [boot] section of the SYSTEM.INI file, change the line
          mouse.drv=
    						

    to

          mouse.drv=mouse.drv
    						
    If the BallPoint Mouse was attached to a PS/2 style port when installed, look for the [386Enh] section in SYSTEM.INI. Change the line
          keyboard=
    						

    to

          keyboard=*vkd
    						
  3. From the MS-DOS prompt of the Windows subdirectory, type setup. Make sure that the "Mouse:" line reflects the type of mouse that was attached before the BallPoint Mouse.
  4. To remove the newly added BallPoint Mouse Windows group, delete each icon inside the group, then delete the group.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/24/2003
Keywords:KB75216