How to Uninstall BallPoint Mouse from Windows 3.0 (75216)


The information in this article applies to:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 3.0a
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 3.1
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 3.0
    • Microsoft BallPoint Mouse 1.0
    • Microsoft Mouse driver for MS-DOS 8.x
    • Microsoft Mouse driver for MS-DOS 9.0
    • Microsoft Mouse Driver for Windows 9.0
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows 3.11
This article was previously published under Q75216

SUMMARY

Installing a BallPoint Mouse for MS-DOS and Windows modifies the AUTOEXEC.BAT and Windows 3.0 SYSTEM.INI files, as well as create a new program group in Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

To have Windows load the original MOUSE.DRV, do the following:
    • In the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, remove the following line: 
          set mouse=c:\ballpt

    • In the [boot] section of the SYSTEM.INI file, change the line 
          mouse.drv=

    to 

          mouse.drv=mouse.drv
    If the BallPoint Mouse was attached to a PS/2 style port when installed, look for the [386Enh] section in SYSTEM.INI. Change the line 
          keyboard=

    to 

          keyboard=*vkd

    • From the MS-DOS prompt of the Windows subdirectory, type setup. Make sure that the "Mouse:" line reflects the type of mouse that was attached before the BallPoint Mouse.
    • To remove the newly added BallPoint Mouse Windows group, delete each icon inside the group, then delete the group.
Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 11/24/2003
Keywords: KB75216
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