Setup /I Has No Effect in Maintenance Mode or Reinstall

 Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
Article ID: Q85189
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

When you run Windows 3.1 in maintenance mode (Windows 3.1 is already installed) or reinstall Windows 3.1 over an existing installation of Windows 3.1, the /I switch for setup has no effect.

MORE INFORMATION

When the maintenance mode of Setup is run or you are reinstalling Windows 3.1, the hardware and system settings are read from the SYSTEM.INI file. Hardware detection is not done and the current system configuration will be shown in the System Configuration dialog during setup.

The Setup /T switch will work with the maintenance mode of Setup, enabling the detection of terminate-and-stay-resident programs (TSRs) that can cause problems for Windows 3.1 and/or the Setup program.

KBCategory: kbsetup
KBSubcategory: win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.11

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Last reviewed: November 21, 1994
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