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- From: jedwards@ms.uky.edu (Jonathan Edwards)
- Subject: Re: A neophyte asks: Can you get rid of Windows?
- References: <1992Nov19.152104.21256@ms.uky.edu>
- <1992Nov19.153131.23334@ms.uky.edu> <BxztwM.9Kz@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.82712.6469@ms.uky.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:27:12 GMT
- Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
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- jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan) writes:
-
- >jedwards@ms.uky.edu (Jonathan Edwards) writes:
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- >>clagett@ms.uky.edu (Bill Clagett) writes:
- >>
- >>>I don't know how OS/2 runs Windows programs. I don't really care
- >>>either. If you are not interested in Windows, can the
- >>>emulation/whatever be removed. How much diskspace does this save?
- >>
- >>When you install, you have the option not to install Windows support.
- >>Presumably it can be removed after it has been installed, but I'm
- >>not sure how to do that...
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- >Deleting the \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2 directory and subdirectories below should do
- >the trick.
-
-
- I don't think so. Won't there be resources (icons, etc.) in some .INI
- or system file somewhere that simply deleting the directory won't clean
- up?
-
- Now that I think about it, dragging the windows icon from the system
- folder to the shredder might do it...
-