MusicEase for Windows was developed for use in the Windows 32-bit operating environment (i.e. Windows95).

It will operate under standard Windows or Windows for Workgroups systems, but in order to do so, the Microsoft 32-bit extensions (win32s) *must* be installed in the Windows operating system, and it must be version 1.30.172.0 or greater.

The win32s extensions are available for downloading from Microsoft at no charge (see WIN32S AVAILABILITY AND SUPPORT below). Please be aware that the developers and publishers of the MusicEase for Windows product can not provide technical support regarding the acquisition, installation, or operation of the win32s product.


BASIC INFORMATION REGARDING WIN32S:
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Win32s is a set of DLLs and a virtual device driver (VxD) that allows Win32-based applications to run on top of Windows or Windows for Workgroups. If you receive the following error message when you run or install a Win32-based application

   This program cannot be run in DOS mode

Win32s is either not installed or not installed properly.

You can use Freecell to test your installation of Win32s.


WIN32S AVAILABILITY AND SUPPORT:
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Win32s is available from many sources. Microsoft Personal Operating System Support Engineers support the installation of Win32s when it is obtained from any of the following sources:

You can find PW1118.EXE, a self-extracting file, on the following services:

Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet

  On the www.microsoft.com home page, click the Support icon.  
  Click Knowledge Base, and select the product.   
  Enter kbfile PW1118.EXE, and click GO!   
  Open the article, and click the button to download the file.

Internet (anonymous FTP)

  ftp://ftp.microsoft.com
  Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles folder.
  Get PW1118.EXE

Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

  Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
  Download PW1118.EXE

For additional information about downloading, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online
               Services



TO DETERMINE THE VERSION NUMBER OF AN EXISTING WIN32S INSTALLATION:
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Use one of the following two methods to determine interactively which version of Win32s is installed:

1.Check the WIN32S.INI file in your Windows system directory. The Version entry contains the major version and the build number (m.mm.bbb.b). This entry should be modified by any Win32-based application which installs a later version of Win32s on your Windows machine.

NOTE: Because it is up to the application vendor to set this value when installing Win32s, the value may not be accurate. Microsoft strongly urges all independent software vendors (ISVs) to modify the WIN32S.INI file so that this information is available to customers.

-or-

2.If Win32s is installed on top of Windows for Workgroups, select the WIN32S16.DLL file from the Windows system directory in File Manager. Then from the File menu, choose Properties. The Version line contains the major version and the build number.


TO REMOVE AN EXISTING VERSION OF WIN32S:
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1.Remove the following line from the [386Enh] section in the SYSTEM.INI file:

           device=<WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM>\win32s\w32s.386

where <WINDOWS> and <SYSTEM> are where the Windows and System directories are, respectively.

2.Modify the following line from the [BOOT] section in the SYSTEM.INI file:

           drivers=mmsystem.dll winmm16.dll

to the following (remove winmm16.dll):

           drivers=mmsystem.dll

3.Delete the following files from the <WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM> subdirectory or from the SYSTEM directory in network installations:

           WINMM16.DLL
           W32SYS.DLL
           WIN32S16.DLL
           WIN32S.INI
           WINHLP32.EXE
           WINDOWS.HLP
           WINHLP32.HLP
           WINHLP32.CNT

Note: It may not be possible to delete W32SYS.DLL while Windows is running. This occurs if you ran some Win32 application. It is recommended that you remove Win32s while in MS-DOS, not from an MS-DOS box.

4.Delete all the files in the <WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM>\WIN32S subdirectory or the <SYSTEM>\WIN32S subdirectory in network installations. Then delete subdirectory itself.

5.Restart Windows.

NOTE: <WINDOWS> refers to the windows installation directory. On a networked Windows installation, the system directory may be located on a remote share. If you are only removing Win32s from your machine, then you do not need to remove the shared files (in <SYSTEM> and <SYSTEM>\WIN32S). Before removing these files from the network share, make sure that all users that use Win32s have removed the references to Win32s from the SYSTEM.INI file.
