It then runs the Windows 3.1 setup program, using the customized automated setup file created in the previous step, and exits the new installation.It then makes a copy of the Windows 3.x installer's SETUP.SHH automated setup file, modifies it (manipulating its format to use ANSI instead of Unicode) by adding printers, changing various options, etc.

If you use an ISO or EXE version of the installation files, it expands the files and tests whether you are installing Windows 3.1x or Windows for Workgroups 3.11.

Do not make separate subfolders simply copy all the files into the Win31DOSBoxSetup folder.ĭetails: In brief summary this is what the InstallWin31DOSBox.exe program does:

If you have all the installation files (from an ISO or a set of IMG files) in a single folder, then copy the full set of installation files.

Just copy the archive you need not extract the contents. (or the corresponding file for any other roman-alphabet version).

A copy of the Microsoft Developer Network self-extracting archive of the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 installation files, named en_wfw311.exe.

(Different versions will have different numbers of disks.) Just copy the full set of image files do not mount them or extract them. IMG files containing disk images of the Windows 3.11 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11 installation floppy disks. ISO file into the folder do not mount it or extract items from it.

ISO file that contains the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 installation files (typically found with a name like Winfw311.iso). Then copy any of the following into the Win31DOSBoxSetup folder, depending on how you obtained the Windows 3.11 installation files:

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