OSINWN95 - PROBLEMS INSTALLING OS/2 WARP 4.0 OVER WIN95
09/25/96
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Problems Installing OS/2 Warp 4.0 over WIN95 
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DESCRIPTION

When installing OS/2 Warp 4 over Windows 95, on the same partition, 
WIN-OS/2 fails to install.
This occurs with either the Easy or Advanced installation option.

WIN-OS/2 attempts to inherit the attributes of Windows 95 (on the 
machine); information from the Windows 95 SYSTEM.INI file is imported 
into the WIN-OS/2 environment. 

RESOLUTION

To install OS/2 Warp Version 4 on a system with Windows 95, select 
Advanced Configuration to install WIN-OS/2 support, as follows. This 
forces the installation to ignore the existing Windows 95 environment 
and to install a clean WIN-OS/2 environment.

1. Select OS/2 Advanced Installation.

2. When OS/2 prompts you to choose which features to install, choose the
   WIN-OS/2 Support option and click on the More... button. This brings 
   up the WIN-OS/2 Support window.

3. Select the Advanced Configuration option, and then click the OK 
   button.The WIN-OS/2 Support - Advanced Configuration window appears.

4. Select Install standard WIN-OS/2 desktop, and then click the OK 
   button.

5. You are returned to the Features Install window to complete 
   installation.

Once you have installed a clean WIN-OS/2 environment, if you still 
cannot open WIN-OS/2 full screen sessions (for example, if it flashes, 
the icon becomes cross hatched, or the mouse pointer changes to a clock 
and then returns to a pointer but no session opens), check the 
\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM.INI file:

1. Open an OS/2 window and change to the drive where WIN-OS/2 is 
   installed.

2. Type CD \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2; then press Enter.

3. Type E SYSTEM.INI and press Enter to edit the SYSTEM.INI file.

3. Look for the SHELL= statement. The line should read SHELL=PROGMAN.EXE.

   (It may incorrectly read SHELL=EXPLORER.EXE; change it to 
   PROGMAN.EXE.)

4. Save the changes and exit the file.

5. Restart the WIN-OS/2 session.




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