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- ** Batch Setup Release Notes **
- ** Version 1.0 04/26/95 **
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- INTRODUCTION
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- By running this program and answering as many or as few questions as
- desired, a user will help automate his or her setup. Please see the online
- help for instructions on running Windows 95 Setup in Batch Mode.
-
- After running this program, the .INF file created (BSETUP.INF) will
- be used by Windows 95 Setup and later copied to the name MSBATCH.INF. The
- INF file created complies with the Windows 95 Resource Kit, Appendix D. This
- program does not actually run Windows 95 Setup, it merely prepares the INF
- file for use with it.
-
- Batch Setup works for both GUI and DOS-mode upgrades.
-
- The following set of instructions indicate the suggested method
- for executing Batch Setup.
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- 1) Run the supplied program and answer all questions to create your
- customized Information file.
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- 2) Run Windows 95 Setup and include the name (and fully qualified path) of
- the INF file as an argument. For example :
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- D:\WIN95\SETUP C:\BSETUP.INF
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- If your network supports UNC's, those can be used as well. Example :
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- \\SERVER1\WIN95\SETUP \\SERVER2\USERS\JOEUSER\BSETUP.INF
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- This program is not required to run Windows 95 setup in batch-mode, only
- the INF file that it creates.
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- 3) Windows 95 Setup will then run in batch mode. If you answered all the
- questions on the opening screen, you will probably not have to
- touch your computer again until it reboots after Setup... just type
- 'WIN' to enter Windows 95!
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- There are a few setup messages that batch setup cannot automate.
- These are fully outlined in the Resource Kit, Appendix D and Chapter 5.
-
- Please see the online help and Chapters 5 and Appendix D of the
- Windows 95 Resource Kit for an explanation of all available settings.
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- NEW FEATURES ADDED TO BATCH SETUP
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- The following features were added to batch-mode setup for Windows 95 but
- were not included in batch.exe. Please read Appendix D and Chapter 5 of
- the Windows 95 Resource Kit for a full explanation of all options.
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- UNINSTALL :
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- Windows 95 supports batch-mode settings for the Un-installation of
- Windows 95.
-
- This parameter is used to specify whether Setup should create a
- compressed backup version of the existing Windows and MS-DOS directories
- to be used for automatically uninstalling Windows 95. If you specify
- Uninstall=5, you also must add a value for BackupDir=path that specifies
- the directory where Setup should place the compressed backup files.
-
- Parameter Uninstall
- Values 0 = Do not allow user to specify Uninstall options, and do
- not create backup files for uninstalling Windows 95
- 1 = Show Uninstall options for user to choose
- 5 = Do not show Uninstall options, but automatically create
- backup files for uninstalling Windows 95
- Default 1
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- Add this parameter to the [Setup] section of the BSETUP.INF file (for
- instance, 'Uninstall=5') using a standard text editor (EDIT).
-
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- DEFAULT REDIRECTOR :
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- Windows 95 allows you to specify which client you want to be your
- default client (for instance, the client for Microsoft networks or the
- client for NetWare networks). Batch.exe does not support an automatic
- way to set which client is the default (the client for Microsoft
- networks, if present will be the default). If you wish the client for
- NetWare networks to be the default over the client for Microsoft
- networks, open the BSETUP.INF file with a plain text editor. Locate the
- line 'CLIENTS=' in the '[Network]' section of the file. The first
- client listed will be the default. So, to make the client for NetWare
- networks default, move the keyword 'NWREDIR' in front of the keyword
- 'VREDIR.' Please note that you can also reset the default from within
- the network control panel once Windows 95 has set up.
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- There are additional settings which are available to batch setup
- that are not listed here. Please read the Windows 95 resource kit for
- a full explanation and list of all possible settings.
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