old Packard Bell 486 - Windows 3.1 question for those who still remember how to use it

I dug out my very old Packard Bell 486 to play a few games.

Anyhow, I have the original restoration CDrom.
So I restored the system to factory original.

I have two questions, both for Windows 3.11

I got rid of the packard bell navigator, it was annoying and loaded
everytime I started Windows 3.11

But unlike my other 486 running Windows 3.11, instead of Windows going
straight to the program manager, now Program Manager is minimized, and
I have to double click on the Program Manager icon to maximize it.

And this is always when I restart windows, I have to do this.

My question: How do I make Windows go directly to program manager
like it does on my other 486.

I hope there are atleast a few 486 dinosaurs out there that still know
a thing or two about Windows 3.11


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I sure don't remember, but my guess is that the different behaviors are caused
by differences in win.ini or system.ini... Ben Myers

On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:41:52 -0500, s18 ) wrote:

I dug out my very old Packard Bell 486 to play a few games.

Anyhow, I have the original restoration CDrom.
So I restored the system to factory original.

I have two questions, both for Windows 3.11

I got rid of the packard bell navigator, it was annoying and loaded
everytime I started Windows 3.11

But unlike my other 486 running Windows 3.11, instead of Windows going
straight to the program manager, now Program Manager is minimized, and
I have to double click on the Program Manager icon to maximize it.

And this is always when I restart windows, I have to do this.

My question: How do I make Windows go directly to program manager
like it does on my other 486.

I hope there are atleast a few 486 dinosaurs out there that still know
a thing or two about Windows 3.11

Hello!

Open Win 3.1, Program Manager, select Options

Make sure that "Save settings on Exit" is checked.

Make sure that PM is full size when closing Windows.

Let me know if that fixes it.

I vaguely remember *something* else that fixes this problem also, but it
hasn't surfaced yet.

bobwatts



"s18" wrote in message
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I dug out my very old Packard Bell 486 to play a few games.

Anyhow, I have the original restoration CDrom.
So I restored the system to factory original.

I have two questions, both for Windows 3.11

I got rid of the packard bell navigator, it was annoying and loaded
everytime I started Windows 3.11

But unlike my other 486 running Windows 3.11, instead of Windows going
straight to the program manager, now Program Manager is minimized, and
I have to double click on the Program Manager icon to maximize it.

And this is always when I restart windows, I have to do this.

My question: How do I make Windows go directly to program manager
like it does on my other 486.

I hope there are atleast a few 486 dinosaurs out there that still know
a thing or two about Windows 3.11


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"s18" wrote in message
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I dug out my very old Packard Bell 486 to play a few games.

Anyhow, I have the original restoration CDrom.
So I restored the system to factory original.

I have two questions, both for Windows 3.11

I got rid of the packard bell navigator, it was annoying and loaded
everytime I started Windows 3.11

But unlike my other 486 running Windows 3.11, instead of Windows going
straight to the program manager, now Program Manager is minimized, and
I have to double click on the Program Manager icon to maximize it.

And this is always when I restart windows, I have to do this.

My question: How do I make Windows go directly to program manager
like it does on my other 486.

I hope there are atleast a few 486 dinosaurs out there that still know
a thing or two about Windows 3.11

It is not necessary to remove Navigator. On a fresh install, it will be the
first item to load. On the selections at the top right, choose
"preferences". The next window will give you a choice of how you want to
start - windows or navigator.
Click on windows and the next time you bootup, you will go directly to
windows.
Navigator will be running as minimized, so click on it and select "close".
Save the settings for the next bootup.

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