SETUP.INF: Specifying Directory in [RenFiles],[DelFiles] (85944)

SUMMARY

To add a file, which resides in a directory other than the Windows SYSTEM subdirectory, to the list of files that are deleted or renamed by Windows 3.1 Setup, add the path relative to the SYSTEM directory to the filename. For example:

   ..\ONE.FIL

This entry causes Setup to look for ONE.FIL in the parent directory of the Windows \SYSTEM subdirectory. It also changes the default directory so that Setup looks in this directory for all files subsequently listed.

MORE INFORMATION

The [DelFiles] section of the SETUP.INF file has a sample of this, which is documented by the following comment in the text of the [DelFiles] section:

   ;All files listed AFTER this point will be deleted from Windows dir.
   ;WARNING: The "..\" is needed, the code depends on it!!!
   ..\setup.inf

Setup is appending the string from the list to the following base string, then using the final string to provide the path to the filename to be deleted or renamed:

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\

Note: This assumes you have specified C:\WINDOWS as the path for Windows 3.1.

After the Setup has appended ..\setup.inf to the above string, the string appears as follows:

   C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\..\SETUP.INF

The base string for the next entry is the following:

   C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\..\