The registry files system.dat and user.dat contain many entries regarding
the location of files and folders. If you rename the wfw311 folder to
windows, many registry entries would be pointing to the old location. You
would need to open regedit and manually change those entries. imho - Not
worth the trouble for the benefit.
At 10:12 AM 2/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>When I first got my PC, Windows 3.11 was installed under a directory
>called WFW311. When I upgraded to Win95, it advised that I should
>install it in the same directory - otherwise programs might not work.
>
>I'd like to rename my WFW311 folder to something like Windows. Am I
>going to cause a lot of problems if I attempt this?
>
>Thanks,
>Darrell Mak
>
>
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