PC Tools 7.1 May Incorrectly Add Group to Program Manager (82392)

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PC Tools's Setup program assumes that the [Groups] section comes last in the PROGMAN.INI file and that it contains lines only of the form GroupX= (where "X" is an integer).

However, it is possible for other information to be located in the [Groups] section or for a [Restrictions] section to be located at the end of the PROGMAN.INI file.

After PC Tools is installed, the corrupted PROGMAN.INI file usually resembles the following:

[Settings]
Window=4 5 639 395 1
display.drv=vga.drv
Order= 5 3 4 4 2 1  <--- Two 4's
AutoArrange=1

[Groups]
Group1=C:\WINDOWS\MAIN.GRP
Group2=C:\WINDOWS\ACCESSOR.GRP
Group4=C:\WINDOWS\STARTUP.GRP   <---  | Two Group4 lines
Group5=C:\WINDOWS\APPLICAT.GRP        |
Group3=C:\WINDOWS\GAMES.GRP           |
Group4=C:\WINDOWS\CPSDOS.GRP    <---  |
Order=3 5 4 2 1                 <---    Potential text that may
                                        confuse the PC Tools Setup
                                        program
				

If the above problem occurs, you must modify your PROGMAN.INI file using a text editor (such MS-DOS Editor). Make your modifications at the MS-DOS level, then restart Windows. Program Manager should then load all the groups correctly and rebuild the Order= line so that it works correctly. To restore PROGMAN.INI, make the following changes:

1. Remove the Order= line from the [Settings] section.
2. Remove any lines not of the form GroupX= from the [Groups] section.
3. List the group numbers sequentially.

A PROGMAN.INI file that has been corrected should look similar to the following:

[Settings]
Window=4 5 639 395 1
display.drv=vga.drv
AutoArrange=1

[Groups]
Group1=C:\WINDOWS\MAIN.GRP
Group2=C:\WINDOWS\ACCESSOR.GRP
Group3=C:\WINDOWS\STARTUP.GRP
Group4=C:\WINDOWS\APPLICAT.GRP
Group5=C:\WINDOWS\GAMES.GRP
Group6=C:\WINDOWS\CPSDOS.GRP
				

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