DOCUMENT:Q151732 08-NOV-2001 [homekids] TITLE :MSB Solar: How to Change the Installation Folder PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Kids Products PROD/VER:WINDOWS:1.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbsetup kbimu ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Scholastic's Magic School Bus series: Explores the Solar System for Windows, version 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= When you install Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System, you are not given the option to specify the folder in which the program is installed. After you finish installing the program, however, you can move or change the name of the folder in which Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System is installed. The following is the default folder in which Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System is installed: C:\Mskids\Msbsolar If you want to move or change the name of the Msbsolar folder, you must use a text editor (such as Notepad or WordPad) to edit the Msbsolar.ini file in the Mskids\Msbsolar folder to reflect the new location or name of the Msbsolar folder. MORE INFORMATION ================ The [Media] section of the Msbsolar.ini file contains the following default entries [Media] count=2 mdf1=C:\MSKIDS\MSBSOLAR\MSBAMB.MDF cmf1=C:\MSKIDS\MSBSOLAR\MSBAMB.CMF root1=:\MSBSOLAR\ mdf2=C:\MSKIDS\MSBSOLAR\MSBSOLAR.MDF cmf2=C:\MSBSOLAR\MSBSOLAR.CMF root2=C:\MSBSOLAR\ where C is the letter of the hard disk on which Microsoft Windows is installed, and is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. To move the Msbsolar folder from the C:\Mskids folder to the C:\Apps folder, for example, you must make the following changes to the default entries in the Msbsolar.ini file [Media] count=2 mdf1=:\APPS\MSBSOLAR\MSBAMB.MDF cmf1=:\APPS\MSBSOLAR\MSBAMB.CMF root1=:\MSBSOLAR\ mdf2=:\APPS\MSBSOLAR\MSBSOLAR.MDF cmf2=:\MSBSOLAR\MSBSOLAR.CMF root2=:\MSBSOLAR\ where C is the letter of the hard disk on which Microsoft Windows is installed, and is the letter of your CD-ROM drive. If You Use Microsoft Windows 95/98 ---------------------------------- After you move or change the name of the Msbsolar folder and modify the Msbsolar.ini file as noted above, Windows 95/98 updates the program item properties automatically when you start the program. If You Use Microsoft Windows 3.x -------------------------------- In Program Manager, you must change the program item properties for the Magic School Bus - Solar System icon to reflect the new name or location of the Msbsolar folder. To do this, follow these steps: 1. In Program Manager, double-click the Microsoft Kids program group. 2. Click the Magic School Bus - Solar System icon. 3. On the File menu, click Properties. 4. In the Command Line box, type "C:\Apps\Msbsolar\Msbsolar.exe" (without the quotation marks), where C:\Apps\Msbsolar\Msbsolar.exe is the path to the Msbsolar.exe file. 5. In the Working Directory box, type "C:\Apps\Msbsolar" (without the quotation marks), where C:\Apps\Msbsolar is the path to the folder in which Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System is installed. 6. Click OK. Additional query words: 1.00 mskids msb msbss schoolbus magicbus setup ====================================================================== Keywords : kbsetup kbimu Technology : kbHomeProdSearch kbZNotKeyword kbKidsSearch kbScholasticSolar kbMSBSearch Version : WINDOWS:1.0 Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.