Article: Q134683
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
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Last Modified: 13-AUG-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Scenes (all collections), version 2.0
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SUMMARY
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This article describes the manual installation procedure for Microsoft Scenes
2.0.
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The following are steps assume:
- Windows is installed into C:\Windows
- you're installing Scenes to C:\Scenes
- and the collection you're installing is the Hollywood Collection from
floppy drive A.
These steps involve creating folders and directories and copying and moving
files. For more information about how to accomplish these tasks in Windows,
see your Windows printed documentation or online help.
To manually install Scenes, do the following:
1. Create a Scenes folder on the hard drive. At the MS-DOS command prompt,
type the following and press ENTER:
c:\>md scenes
2. Create a Picsets folder under the Scenes folder. At the MS-DOS command
prompt, type the following and press ENTER:
c:\scenes>md picsets
3. Create a Hollywoo folder under the Scenes\Picsets folders. At the
MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press ENTER:
c:\scenes\picsets>md hollywoo
4. Expand the following files from Disk 1 to the C:\Scenes folder:
Scenes.ex_
Scenes.hl_
Msswiz.dl_
For example, to expand Scenes.ex_, type the following at the MS-DOS
command prompt and press ENTER:
c:\scenes>expand a:\scenes.ex_ scenes.exe
5. Copy the Readme.txt file from Disk 1 to the C:\Scenes folder.
c:\scenes>copy a:\readme.txt
6. Expand the following files from Disk 1 to the C:\Windows folder:
Msscmn.Dl_
Msscenes.Sc_
Scenes2.In_
For example, to expand Msscmn.Dl_, type the following at the MS-DOS
command prompt and press ENTER:
c:\windows>expand a:\msscmn.dl_ msscmn.dll
7. Expand the following files from Disk 1 to the C:\Windows\System folder:
Pcdlib.dl_
Ctl3dv2.dl_
For example, to expand Pcdlib.dl_, type the following at the MS-DOS
command prompt and press ENTER:
c:\windows\system>expand a:\pcdlib.dl_ pcdlib.dll
8. Expand Collectn.sa_ from Disk 2 to the C:\Scenes\Picsets\Hollywoo
folder by using the following example.
For example, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press
ENTER:
c:\scenes\picsets\hollywoo>expand a:\collectn.sa_ collectn.sac
9. Expand all of the ..jp files from Disk 1 to the
C:\Scenes\Picsets\Hollywoo folder. For example, type the following at
the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER:
c:\scenes\picsets\hollywoo>expand a:\*.jp_ *.*
When prompted for destination directory (folder), type:
c:\scenes\picsets\hollywoo
10. Rename all *.jp_ files in the C:\Scenes\Picsets\Hollywoo
folder to *.jpg. For example,
c:\scenes\picsets\hollywoo>rename *.jp_ *.jpg
11. Repeat steps 9 and 10 for Disk 2.
12. Expand all of the .th_ files from Disk 1 to the
C:\Scenes\Picsets\Hollywoo folder. For example,
c:\scenes\picsets\hollywoo>expand a:\*.th_ *.*
When you are prompted for destination directory (or folder) type:
c:\scenes\picsets\hollywoo
13. Rename all of the *.th_ files in the C:\Scenes\Picsets\Hollywoo
folder too *.thm. For example,
c:\scenes\picsets\hollywoo>rename *.th_ *.thm
14. Repeat steps 12 and 13 for Disk 2.
15. Expand all .nf_ files from Disk 1 to the C:\Scenes\Picsets\Hollywoo
folder. For example:
c:\scenes\picsets\hollywoo>expand a:\*.nf_ *.*
When prompted for destination directory, type:
c:\scenes\picsets\hollywoo
16. Rename all of the *.nf_ files in the C:\Scenes\Picsets\Hollywoo
folder to *.nfo. For example:
c:\scenes\picsets\hollywoo>rename *.nf_ *.nfo
17. Repeat steps 15 and 16 for Disk 2.
18. In Windows 95, create a shortcut for Scenes by using the following
steps:
a. From the Start menu, select Settings - Taskbar.
b. Click the Start Menu Programs tab.
c. Click the Add button.
d. Type in 'c:\scenes\scenes.exe' on the Command Line and press Enter.
e. Click the New Folder button.
f. Type in 'Microsoft Scenes' and press Enter.
g. Where it says 'Select a name for the shortcut', type in 'Microsoft
Scenes' and press Enter.
h. Click the OK button to close the Taskbar Properties dialog box.
i. Skip to step 21.
19. In Windows 3.1, create a new group in Program Manager for Scenes by
using the following steps:
a. On File menu in Program Manager, click New.
b. Click Program Group. Click OK.
c. In the Description box, type Microsoft Scenes. Click OK.
20. In Windows 3.1, create a new program item for Scenes by using the
following steps.
a. On File menu in Program Manager, click New.
b. Click Program Item, OK.
c. In the Description box, type Microsoft Scenes.
d. In the Command box type "c:\scenes\scenes.exe" (without the
quotation marks) and click OK.
21. Create icons for Scenes on-line help and Readme.txt using step 19 as an
example.
22. Run Scenes and ignore the error message.
23. Run the Add A Collection To Scenes Wizard. Point the wizard to the
c:\scenes\picsets\hollywoo folder.
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