re: Which file does what in W98? Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 1:53 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by m.lawrence (69 messages posted) Trust your antivirus....wininst.bat is a key component of windows,if it has been infected let your antivirus try to remove it,otherwise you will have to reinstall windows On Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 1:01 pm, Courtland Barber wrote: >I would appreciate it if someone more knowledgable than I am could explain to me >what the "wininst.bat" file does, and whether or not it is essential to the operation >of Windows 98. > >I am asking because my free anti-virus software keeps insisting that this file is >infected with a worm (opasoft), and asking me if I want to delete it. Dare I do so? > >Apropos of this inquiry, is there any such thing as a Windows 98 SAQ (seldom asked >questions)? Information on how Wx actually works is very hard to come by in my experience. >I understand the need to protect proprietary secrets, but that shouldn't interfere >with listing a minumum operable file set, for instance. Thanks in advance for any >help you might offer. > >cjbarber@email.org Written in response to: Which file does what in W98? (Courtland Barber: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 1:01 pm) Responses to this message: re: Which file does what in W98? (trey: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at 2:29 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Which file does what in W98? (Courtland Barber: Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 1:01 pm) re: Which file does what in W98? (m.lawrence: Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 1:53 pm) re: Which file does what in W98? (trey: Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 2:29 pm) re: Which file does what in W98? (trey: Tue, Dec 30, 2003, 2:42 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum