This is a rundown of how to uninstall WIN32s. There is no uninstall utility, and there is more to it than simply deleting the WIN32s sub-directory.

This information was provided by Claris Corporation on 16 March 1998, and incorporated into Apple Computer's Tech Info Library.

Removing the WIN32s from your system requires more than just deleting the win32s sub-directory. To completely remove WIN32s from a system, follow these guidelines:

1. Modify the following line from the [BOOT] section in the SYSTEM.INI
DRIVERS=MMSYSTEM.DLL WINMM16.DLL
to the following (remove WINMM16.DLL):
DRIVERS=MMSYSTEM.DLL

2. Remove the following line from the 386 Enhanced [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file:
device=<WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM>\WIN32S\W32S.386
where <WINDOWS> and <SYSTEM> are the locations of your WINDOWS and SYSTEM directories, respectively. In a normal Windows configuration the line will read:
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WIN32S\W32S.386

3. Exit and restart Windows.

4. Delete the following files from the <WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM> subdirectory or from the SYSTEM directory in network installations:
W32SYS.DLL
WIN32S16.DLL
WIN32S.INI
WINMM16.DLL

5. Delete all the files in the <WINDOWS>\<SYSTEM>\WIN32S subdirectory or the <SYSTEM>\WIN32S subdirectory in network installations. Then delete the WIN32S directory itself.

The above changes will take effect the next time Windows is run.

NOTE: <WINDOWS> refers to the Windows installation directory. On a networked Windows installation, the system directory may be located on a shared remote volume. If you are removing only WIN32s from your machine, then you do not need to remove the shared files in <SYSTEM> and <SYSTEM>\WIN32S. Before removing these files from the shared network, make sure that all users that use WIN32s have removed the references to WIN32s from the SYSTEM.INI file.