SETUP.INF [run] Section Ignores File Named SETUP.XXX

• Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SYMPTOMS

If a line is added to the SETUP.INF file in the [run] section to launch a Windows-based application that is named SETUP.XXX, the line is ignored by Windows Setup, regardless of where the file is located (where XXX is the file's extension).

CAUSE

The [run] section of the SETUP.INF file is where you put any programs that are to be run at the end of the Windows 3.1 Setup program. Even if a file named SETUP.XXX is located on a network drive, or another directory on the local PC, Windows Setup ignores the line in the SETUP.INF file in the [run] section if the file is named SETUP.XXX.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem rename the file to something else. For Example, adding any additional letter to the beginning of the name will permit Windows Setup to launch the other Setup program. (For example, change the name of Setup for Microsoft Word from SETUP.EXE to WSETUP.EXE.)

NOTE: The filename of INSTALL.XXX will execute correctly when listed in the [run] section of the SETUP.INF file (where XXX is the file's extension).