How to Distribute Internet Explorer From a Network Share

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to distribute Internet Explorer by using an IEAK build from a shared network drive.

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To distribute Internet Explorer from a network share do the following:

1. Use the IEAK Wizard to create an IEAK CD build. (For more 

   information on creating a build of Internet Explorer see the online
   Help for IEAK.)
2. Right-click Start and click Explore.

3. Browse to <drive>:\<path>\Win95_nt\CD\Win95\En\Packages. 

   Where <drive> is the drive letter and <path> is the path to your build.
4. Right-click the Packages folder and click Sharing.

5. Select "Shared as" and specify the share name.

6. Click OK.

7. To connect to the share from a workstation, click Start 

   and then click Run.
8. Type \\<machinename>\<sharename>\ie4setup.exe. 
   Where <machinename> is the name of the server and <sharename> is the
   name of the share.
Internet Explorer will now install.

NOTE: You cannot use the files created for a download build to do this.

Additional query words: build IEAK mapped drive 

Technology        : internet
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,4.01a
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: December 3, 1998