windows 98 name problem 2

[mimitabby]

quite a while back i was having major computer problems. Turned out I had a bad
motherboard. in the process of trying to determine the problem I reloaded windows 98
but put it in a directory of a different name (to make sure it didn't use the old
suspect files)
Windows 98 runs happily from the directory I named WINWOW but the problem is
I am not able to load other microsoft products. (like office 97 or office 2000)
They abend at various stages of the install; but these same CDs work fine
on our other computer.

so now that I have a good motherboard, and lots of disk space, I would like to
put the windows apps back in an appropriately named directory so I can use
these office applications.

Thanks
Mimi

 

[SPYDERIX]

You might have to format and re-install windows so that you can reset the windows directory to be C:\WINDOWS\.

You might not have to, but that will work.

Hope this helps! NATE

http://www.spyderix-designz.com

 

[mimitabby]

Reformat? as in reformat the hard drive?
that would be horrible. I have all sorts of stuff on this computer I don't
want to re-install!

I was afraid to re-load win98 because of the havoc it might cause; reformatting
would be rather final i am afraid.

Mimi

 

[Hungster]

don't matter, it works fine, i had it renamed to Win98 rather than windows, it worked for me

something else must been wrong

 

[mimitabby]

any suggestions?

 

[Hungster]

it writes to share dll in system32
so you must some how tell it where system32 is

 

[mimitabby]

and how would I somehow tell it where system32 is?

mimi

 

[Hungster]

during install office looks for systems32 and install it
i don't think you can control or tell it where it is

your winwow should work, i had renamed windows folder many time during install and it worked all the time

something must gotten corrupt
suggest you should install a fresh copy of windows, or else you will run into other problem even if you get this problem solved
some games especially need this to work properly

 

[super78]

you have to tweak the registry!! bu may prove dangerous

follow these steps

1) type regedit in run
2)Search for c:\winwows (Yoyr windows directory)

inmust be under currentuser->software->windows->currentversion

rename the key systemroot to c:\windows.
alternatively

u can search for systemroot and modify the settings and restart the computer


(Back up the registry before doin this for ur safety)

 

[mimitabby]

you are suggesting I change the registry? do I also change the name of the directory?
which do I do first?

Mimi

 

[wolluf]

Is your old windows folder still on the machine? If so, I'd suggest removing it (or at least moving it/renaming it to somewhere else) - it may be confusing the install program if its still there.

 

[Hungster]

you r asking to mess ur windows even more

 

[mimitabby]

maybe I should just reload windows, and not worry about the winwow directory?
when i reload I should just do the default, and let it make whatever directory it wants.
I don't want to mess with registries, I've never had any satisfaction with dinking with it.
thanks Hungster

 

[Hungster]

hey no problem, at least you will learn that way
i always learn the hard way, that's why i am not afraid of problems, plus place where i work is cursed
so problems are what i deal with everyday, strange one too
lol
if you have 2nd hard drive, clone it and play around with it, you might pick up a thing or two that way

 

[Guest_imported]

super 78 has suggested a good method,

change the registry first and then change the windows directory


i think this should do good!