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Installing a hybrid WIN32S 1.25/1.30 extension in WinOS/2 on OS/2 Warp 4

(Combining and detailing resources from Judy's Warped World, Charles Bradley, Phil Griffin-Allwood, Matt Ion, Eric W. Burgin and other anonymous OS/2 enthusiasts; thanks to all.)

This installation will allow operation under OS/2 of some Windows programs such as Acrobat Distiller and Acrobat Exchange V 3.

1. Change C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to remove PATH reference to C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM temporarily (reference: Judy's Warped World 'Installing Win32s in WinOS2' at <http://www.gt-online.com/~bri/win32s.html> Download Win32s125.zip from <ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/windows/w32s125.zip>
   
2. Unzip Win32s125.zip into a temporary directory. This will give you two files -
   

   W32SPACK.EXE
   INSTALL.BAT
   

3. Open an OS/2 window, go into the directory containing the win32s files and unzip W32SPACK.EXE using the "create directory structure" option appropriate to your unzip utility. (For PKUNZIP use <execute W32SPACK.EXE -d>.) [Editor's note: Or you can run the INSTALL.BAT batch file and skip to step e.]
   
4. Run the program .\DISK1\SETUP.EXE from within a WinOS2 Full Screen Session.
   
5. Install Freecell and test.
   
6. Verify WIN32S.INI reports Version=1.25.141.0
   
7. Temporarily backup \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM
   to
   \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\BAKUP.125
   and
   \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\WIN32S
   to
   \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\WIN32S\BAKUP.125
   
8. If installing on a hard drive over 2 gb, install 2GBFIX.EXE in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file which loads the WinOS2 session, to fix the problem of faulty disk space report (necessary for Adobe Distiller 3.01 install which checks disk space and gets faked out by 10 gb drive).
   
9. Install Win32s130 from disks supplied with HP1150C printer (or other Win32s Win3.1 application such as Adobe Acrobat Distiller 3.01) or from Microsoft at ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/pw1118.exe
   
10. Temporarily backup \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM
    to
    \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\BAKUP.130
    and
    \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\WIN32S
    to
    \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\WIN32S\BAKUP.130
    
11. Copy 1.25 \SYSTEM backup to \SYSTEM and 1.25 \SYSTEM\WIN32S backup to \SYSTEM\WIN32S
    
12. From 1.30 \SYSTEM\WIN32S backup, copy these files only to \SYSTEM\WIN32S:
    

    shell32.dll
    comctl32.dll
    oleaut32.dll
    ole2thk.dll
    ole32.dll
    

13. Test Freecell--OK; Windows now reports Win32s Version 1.30.167
    
14. Any new Win3.1 Win32 application install will destroy this hybrid 1.25/1.30 installation, resulting in 'Unexpected DOS Error 21' message. Therefore for future use:
    

• zip Version 1.25 \SYSTEM\BAKUP.125 files to SYS125.ZIP and place in \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM in case of future overwriting (can be unzipped into this directory)
  
• zip Version 1.25 \SYSTEM\WIN32S\BAKUP.125 files to W32S_125.ZIP and place in \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\WIN32S in case of future overwriting (can be unzipped into this directory)
  
• zip Version 1.30 5 special files in line (k.) above to 130FILE.ZIP and place in \OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\WIN32S in case of future overwriting (can be unzipped into this directory)
  
• Then delete the four BAKUP directories to save space.
  
• Create a readme to effect:
  
• If Win32s hybrid is overwritten
  

  - unzip SYS125.ZIP to C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM
  - unzip w32s_125.zip to C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\WIN32S
  - unzip 130FILE.ZIP to C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\WIN32S
  

  This will restore the proper hybrid Win32 1.25/1.30 install
  

1. On WinOS2 sessions running Win32, set DOS settings DOS_FILES to 255
   

   If while a WIN32s application, you receive a message indicating that the application has run out of memory, change the DOS setting for DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT to decrease the amount of DPMI memory. This change allows more room for WIN32s memory.
   

   To run Visual FoxPro, change DOS setting for DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT to 16.
   

2. Should a Win32s reinstall become necessary, it may be necessary to edit the file x:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\SYSTEM\WIN32S.INI with a text editor. You should see the following lines (along with others):
   

   [Win32s]
   Setup=1
   

   [Freecell]
   Setup=1
   

   Change the Setup=1 lines to Setup=0 and re-run the installation
   

3. To reinstall Adobe Acrobat Distiller, change ACRODIST.EXE, DISSASST.EXE and ACROEX16.EXE file extensions to SAV because they may become locked.
   
4. Warp 4.0 contains a file on the root named README. This file contains some information and troubleshooting tips for Win32s.
   

References:    Win32s125 on Hobbes - ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/windows/w32s125.zip    Judy's Warped World - http://www.gt-online.com/~bri/win32s.html    2GBFIX.ZIP on Hobbes - http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/dos/2gbfix.zip

Jeffrey Race has written a number of articles on a variety of subjects which can be viewed at http://www.camblab.com/nugget/nugget.htm

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