Create a directory on your hard drive called "win_sim".
Windows Explorer method
- Click on your start button in the lower left corner of your screen
- Click on programs
- In the list of programs that appears, click on Windows Explorer
- In the graphical listing of drives, click on your C drive (assuming that this is your hard drive)
- Under the file menu in Windows Explorer, click on the New choice
- In the menu that opens , click on Folder
- Type the name "win_sim" in the name of the new folder that appears.
DOS prompt method
- Click on your start button in the lower left corner of your screen
- Click on programs
- In the list of programs that appears, click on MS-DOS Prompt
- Click on the dark window that opens
- type "md c:\win_sim" followed by the enter key.
- Either close the DOS window now, or keep it for the uncompressing step.
Execute win_sim.exe. This uncompresses the files
Start button method
- Click on your start button in the lower left corner of your screen
- Click on Run
- Type "c:\win_sim\win_sim_dist" in the Start box in the window that opens
- Click on OK
DOS prompt method
- Click on your start button in the lower left corner of your screen
- Click on programs
- In the list of programs that appears, click on MS-DOS Prompt
- Click on the dark window that opens
- type "c:\win_sim\win_sim_dist" followed by the enter key.
- Either close the DOS window now, or keep it for the moving step.
Move the file win_sim.ini into your windows directory
Windows Explorer method
- Click on your start button in the lower left corner of your screen
- Click on programs
- In the list of programs that appears, click on Windows Explorer
- In the graphical listing of drives, double click on your C drive (assuming that this is your hard drive)
- On the list of folders that shows in the left window, double click on the one marked win_sim.
- On the list of files that shows in the right window, click on the one called win_sim.ini.
- Drag this file across to the folder called windows (or your system's equivalent) in the left window.
DOS prompt method
- Click on your start button in the lower left corner of your screen
- Click on programs
- In the list of programs that appears, click on MS-DOS Prompt
- Click on the dark window that opens
- type "move c:\win_sim\win_sim.ini c:\windows" followed by the enter key. (substitute the name of your windows directory if it is not c:\windows).
Add c:\win_sim (assuming your hard drive with the program on it is c) to your path.
Windows 95/98
- Click on your start button in the lower left corner of your screen
- Click on programs
- In the list of programs that appears, click on Accessories.
- In the list of programs that shows, click on Notepad.
- In the file menu of the Notepad window that opens, click on file.
- In the menu that opens, click on open
- In the list of drives that shows, click on My computer and then C.
- Find the file called "Autoexec.bat" in the root of your C drive and open it
- Find a statement that stats with "Path = ...." in the file.
- Add ";c:\win_sim" to the end of this statement.
- If there is no path statement, add a line to autoexec.bat that says "path = c:\win_sim"
- If there is no autoexec.bat, create one with the line "path = c:\win_sim" in it.
- Save the file
- Exit from Notepad
Windows NT
- Place your mouse cursor on the bottom bar, and click your right mouse button
- Click on the menu choice that says "Minimuze all windows"
- Put your mouse cursor on the icon that says "My Computer" and click your right mouse button
- Select the menu choice that says "Properties"
- Click the tab that says "Environment"
- Find the line in the system variables box that says path and click on it
- In the value line, add ";c:\win_sim" to the end of the line
- Click the "Set button"
- Click "OK"
Add a shortcut to execute Win Sim in your taskbar
- Click on your start button in the lower left corner of your screen
- Click on Settings
- In the menu that opens, click on "Taskbar..."
- Click on the "Start Menu Programs" tab
- Click on the "Add" button
- In the command line box, type "c:\win_sim\win_sim"
- Hit the "Next button"
- Select a program folder to put the shortcut in (for example, games)
- Hit the "Next button"
- Type a name for the shortcut (eg Win Sim)
- Hit the "Finish" button