RUN WINDOWS 95 AND WINDOWS 3.1 ON THE SAME COMPUTER I had DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups on my computer when I upgraded to Windows 95. I installed WIN95 to the Windows directory so it wrote over WFWG. Later, I discovered that my hand-held scanner and an older 'C' compiler would not work properly under WIN95. I created a directory called 'OLDWIN' on my 'D:' drive (could have been on my 'C:' drive) and installed Windows 3.1. Everything works fine including my scanner and compiler and I have had no problems with the booting system or anything else. Below are examples of my 'config.sys', 'autoexec.bat' and others. Hope this helps. ------------------------------------------------------------- config.sys - this shows a menu and allows 5 seconds to decide MENUCOLOR=15,1 MENUITEM=W95 Windows 95 MENUITEM=W31 Windows 3.1 MENUITEM=DOS DOS MENUDEFAULT=W95, 5 [W95] INCLUDE STANDARD [W31] INCLUDE STANDARD DEVICEHIGH=C:\HANDSCAN\M1904.SYS D3 I5 A2AB S4 DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS FILES=50 BUFFERS=40,0 [DOS] INCLUDE STANDARD DEVICEHIGH=C:\SC400\DRIVERS\CDMKE.SYS /D:MSCD000 /P:630 DEVICEHIGH=C:\ROCKET.BIN /M=8,16 /W=1, /S STACKS=9,256 FILES=50 BUFFERS=40,0 LASTDRIVE=G FCBS=16,0 [STANDARD] DEVICE=C:\DOS\KBDBUF.SYS 150 ---------------------------------------------------------- autoexec.bat - the %CONFIG% gets its value from config.sys @ECHO OFF VERIFY OFF PROMPT $p$g SET TEMP=C:\TEMP SET TMP=C:\TMP SHARE GOTO %CONFIG% :W95 PATH=C:\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS;C:\NBIN;C:\;C:\BAT;C:\PKZIP;C:\OMGUI;D:\NETMANAG; SET TZ=CST6CDT SET PGPPATH=D:\WINPGP4 CLS WIN GOTO END :W31 PATH=C:\BIN;D:\OLDWIN;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS;C:\NBIN;C:\;C:\BAT;C:\PKZIP; LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\DOSKEY SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T3 SET GALAXY=A220 I5 D1 K10 P530 T6 SET SOUND=C:\SC400 CLS OLDWIN <----- this is my call to start WIN3.1 GOTO END :DOS PATH=C:\BIN;D:\OLDWIN;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\DOS;C:\NBIN;C:\;C:\BAT;C:\PKZIP; :END ------------------------------------------------------------- oldwin.bat - starts WIN3.1 @echo off d: cd\ cd oldwin win oldwin.bat ------------------------------------------------------------- dosonly.bat - I use this to edit 'msdos.sys' @echo off ATTRIB -R -H -S MSDOS.SYS edit MSDOS.SYS ATTRIB +R +H +S MSDOS.SYS ------------------------------------------------------------- msdos.sys -------> BootGUI=0 - this is 1 to autostart WIN95 and 0 to stop in DOS where you have to enter 'WIN' to start WIN95 -------> Logo=0 - this is 1 (or not even in msdos.sys) to show the WIN95 logos and 0 to not show them [Paths] UninstallDir=C:\ WinDir=C:\WINDOWS WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS HostWinBootDrv=C [Options] BootGUI=0 Logo=0 BootMulti=1 DoubleBuffer=1 Network=1 ; ;The following lines are required for compatibility with other programs. ;Do not remove them (MSDOS.SYS needs to be >1024 bytes). ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxb ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxc ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxd ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxe ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxg ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxh ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxi ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxj ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxk ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxl ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxm ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxn ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxo ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxp ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxq ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxr ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxs