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"David Davis" <dg.ky@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Is there a way to copy files from the CD to my hard drive and direct Win95
>so that, when prompted, I can direct "update files" to go to the directory
>on my hard drive rather than having to unpack my Win95 box every time I
>want to make a change? 

Yes. copy \win95 from your CD to an arbitrary subdirectory. I ususally
take c:\windows\win95 as long as windows 95 is installed in
c:\windows.

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Marc

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Yep, you sure can.  On preloaded computers the manufacturers have all those
.CAB files in a folder under WINDOWS called OPTIONS.  Just copy them there
yourself and when it pops up with that message say OK. It'll error saying
it can't find such and such. Pick DETAILS  to find which .CAB it's looking
for and then BROWSE your way to it on your hard drive. (Those .CAB's are in
the folder WIN95 on your CD.)


Hayden_R@msn.com

David Davis <dg.ky@worldnet.att.net> wrote in article
<5ig9bf$9vm@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net>...
> I have been trying different configurations to address DUN, LAN, video,
> etc. issues and Win95 usually prompts me to load the original Win95 CD to
> make changes before restarting the computer.  I am using the upgrade
Win95
> v4.00.950a along with MS Plus!.  New hard drive has plenty of excess
> space.
> 
> Is there a way to copy files from the CD to my hard drive and direct
Win95
> so that, when prompted, I can direct "update files" to go to the
directory
> on my hard drive rather than having to unpack my Win95 box every time I
> want to make a change? 
> 
> Can someone please tell me which files/folders to copy?
>  Is there an alternative, better way to accomplish this goal?
> 
> Any help, suggestions, KB, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> 

Yes, you can copy all the files in \win95, but all you really need are
the cab files.  When Win95 needs to access the CD, it'll try the CD-ROM
drive, then prompt you for the location.  It'll do this every time, but
it beats digging out the CD.

AEDoming


David Davis wrote:
> 
> I have been trying different configurations to address DUN, LAN, video,
> etc. issues and Win95 usually prompts me to load the original Win95 CD to
> make changes before restarting the computer.  I am using the upgrade Win95
> v4.00.950a along with MS Plus!.  New hard drive has plenty of excess
> space.
> 
> Is there a way to copy files from the CD to my hard drive and direct Win95
> so that, when prompted, I can direct "update files" to go to the directory
> on my hard drive rather than having to unpack my Win95 box every time I
> want to make a change?
> 
> Can someone please tell me which files/folders to copy?
>  Is there an alternative, better way to accomplish this goal?
> 
> Any help, suggestions, KB, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> David

"David Davis" <dg.ky@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>Is there a way to copy files from the CD to my hard drive and direct Win95
>so that, when prompted, I can direct "update files" to go to the directory
>on my hard drive rather than having to unpack my Win95 box every time I
>want to make a change? 

You need to copy the contents of the \WIN95 directory from the CD onto
your hard disk.  ISTR that the MSPlus! files reside in the root of the
CD so likewise you should copy this to a directory.

If this is for a new installation of Win95 you can then simply run
SETUP from the directory you created.  If it's to make reconfiguration
of your existing installation easier you can specify the new path when
Windows prompts for the CD.  Alternatively, I suspect if you use
REGEDIT to search the registry and modify all references to the Win95
CD to refer to the new directory you should be able to get it to
default to the right location.

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A couple of other questions regarding Win95 .CAB files on a hard disc:

1. Win95 stores the location of the .CAB files used for setting up the 
   machine somewhere. If you set up a machine from floppies or CD, then 
   want to load drivers from a network drive, it will default to looking on
   A: or D:\WIN95 or whatever. While this is not a major problem, and one 
   can browse to the network directory, where is the original location 
   stored and can it be modified?

2. I would like to update .CAB files with updated .DLL and other files, so 
   that the latest Win95 setup is available on the network. Is there 
   software available which will allow a .CAB file to be updated like this?

Best wishes,      
-- 
Michael Salem

Hayden Richards wrote:
> 
> Yep, you sure can.  On preloaded computers the manufacturers have all those
> .CAB files in a folder under WINDOWS called OPTIONS.  Just copy them there
> yourself and when it pops up with that message say OK. It'll error saying
> it can't find such and such. Pick DETAILS  to find which .CAB it's looking
> for and then BROWSE your way to it on your hard drive. (Those .CAB's are in
> the folder WIN95 on your CD.)
> 
> Hayden_R@msn.com
> 
> David Davis <dg.ky@worldnet.att.net> wrote in article
> <5ig9bf$9vm@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net>...
> > I have been trying different configurations to address DUN, LAN, video,
> > etc. issues and Win95 usually prompts me to load the original Win95 CD to
> > make changes before restarting the computer.  I am using the upgrade
> Win95
> > v4.00.950a along with MS Plus!.  New hard drive has plenty of excess
> > space.
> >
> > Is there a way to copy files from the CD to my hard drive and direct
> Win95
> > so that, when prompted, I can direct "update files" to go to the
> directory
> > on my hard drive rather than having to unpack my Win95 box every time I
> > want to make a change?
> >
> > Can someone please tell me which files/folders to copy?
> >  Is there an alternative, better way to accomplish this goal?
> >
> > Any help, suggestions, KB, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> >


You can copy to any drive, any partition, or any file you want. The 
easiest way is to just drag and drop in explorer. If you install 
win95 from these files it will go back there any time it needs an 
update. If you are going to put the cab files on before you run the
win95 setup you should use the xcopy command w/ at least the /e 
switch.
Larry

An easier way of handling this:  copy the contents of your Win95 folder on the 
CD to a folder on your hard drive---the folder you make can be named "Win95" 
if you like, or you can make a Options/Cabs directory hanging off of Windows 
like an OEM install usually does.  Then, go into regedit (backup the reg first 
if you are at all unsure), and find this key:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SETUP

Look at the values on the right pane and find "SourcePath".  The data in this 
value is where win95 looks when adding/removing windows apps from the Windows 
Setup tab in Add/Remove programs.  Right click "SourcePath" and choose 
"modify".  then, type in the path to the directory you just copied the win95 
files into in the Value Data line, i.e. "C:\Windows\Options\Cabs\" (don't 
include the apostrophes).  "OK", exit regedit, and you're good to go.  I find 
the space needed by keeping the cabs on my HD is more than offset by never 
having to fish for the CD.

Mark Koukol
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In article <334BD9B1.E486F0F3@telops.gte.com>, anthony.doming@telops.gte.com 
wrote:
>Yes, you can copy all the files in \win95, but all you really need are
>the cab files.  When Win95 needs to access the CD, it'll try the CD-ROM
>drive, then prompt you for the location.  It'll do this every time, but
>it beats digging out the CD.
>
>AEDoming
>
>
>David Davis wrote:
>> 
>> I have been trying different configurations to address DUN, LAN, video,
>> etc. issues and Win95 usually prompts me to load the original Win95 CD to
>> make changes before restarting the computer.  I am using the upgrade Win95
>> v4.00.950a along with MS Plus!.  New hard drive has plenty of excess
>> space.
>> 
>> Is there a way to copy files from the CD to my hard drive and direct Win95
>> so that, when prompted, I can direct "update files" to go to the directory
>> on my hard drive rather than having to unpack my Win95 box every time I
>> want to make a change?
>> 
>> Can someone please tell me which files/folders to copy?
>>  Is there an alternative, better way to accomplish this goal?
>> 
>> Any help, suggestions, KB, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> David