MCSE : Security Specialist
Identify the procedures for installing and launching typical
Windows and non-Windows applications.
Windows 9x simplifies installing Win32-based applications by
providing an Add/Remove Programs option in Control Panel. When you
install an application using this option, Windows 98 does the
following:
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Searches specified drives for files named Install or Setup.
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If an application setup file uses a name other than Install or
Setup, you can start setup by double-clicking the application
setup file’s icon in My Computer.
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Adds to the registry such information about the application as
which parameters to use to run the application and which files
to delete when removing the application from the computer.
To
install an MS-DOS-based application by running its Setup.exe file.
When you install the application, Windows 9x copies information
about the application from Apps.inf to the application’s program
information file (PIF). If the application was installed under an
earlier version of Windows, Setup automatically moves its settings
to the new Apps.inf. If there is no information about the
application in Apps.inf, Windows 9x uses default settings instead,
or you can manually set the properties.
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