Hi all:

I am trying to install Windows 98 into a new FOLDER on my machine that is also running windows 98. I am following this article found here from microsofts vault....

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193902/EN-US/

The problem is I keep GETTING "Too many parameters" or "Bad command or file name" errors when trying to follow along.

I am specifically stuck at the step number 1 under the heading "Running Setup from the Windows 98 CD-ROM". I have tried several variations and it keeps telling me "Too many parameters". I am not sure what the "~" is there for. Can someone tell me exactly what to type??? Thanks for looking??Welcome to the CH forums.

Here is a description of the use of the tilde character "~" in filenames:

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Microsoft filenames

The tilde was part of Microsoft's filename mangling scheme when it developed the VFAT filesystem. This upgrade introduced long filenames to Microsoft Windows, and permitted additional characters (such as the space) to be part of filenames, which were prohibited in previous versions. Programs written prior to this development could only access filenames in the so-called 8.3 format—the filenames consisted of a maximum of eight alphanumeric characters, followed by a period, followed by three more alphanumeric characters. In order to permit these legacy programs to access files in the VFAT filesystem, each file had to be given two names—one long, more descriptive one, and one that conformed to the 8.3 format. This was accomplished with a name-mangling scheme in which the first six characters of the filename are followed by a tilde and a digit. For example, "Program Files" becomes "PROGRA~1".

Also, the tilde symbol is used to prefix hidden temporary files that are created when a document is opened in Windows. For example, when you open a Word document called "Document1.doc," a file called "~ocument1.doc" will be created in the same directory. This file contains information about which user has the file open, to prevent multiple users from ATTEMPTING to change a document at the same time.