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Modifying The [Paths] Section Of Msdos.Sys

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Modifying the [Paths] Section of MSDOS.SYS (Windows 95/98/Me)
The [Paths] section lists the locations for other Windows 95 files (such as the registry) and can be modified if files are moved.

The [Paths] section can contain the following settings:

HostWinBootDrv=[Root of Boot Drive]
Specifies the location for the root of the boot drive.
Default: C

UninstallDir=[Root of Boot Drive]
Specifies the location of the W95undo.dat and W95undo.ini files. These files are necessary to uninstall Windows 95 and this setting is present only if you back up your system files when you are prompted during Windows 95 Setup.
Default: C

WinBootDir=[Windows Directory]
Lists the location of the necessary files for booting.
Default: Directory specified during Setup (for example, C:\WINDOWS)

WinDir=[Windows Directory] Lists the location of the Windows 95 directory specified during Setup.
Default: Directory specified during Setup (for example, C:\WINDOWS)

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